Meta-Analysis of Researches on Gender Preference

Meta-analysis of international researches

|Author |Title |Results |
|Haar E, Halitsky V, Stricker G |Factors related to the preference for a|409 female patients of both male and female physicians completed|
|(1975) |female gynecologist. |a self-administered questionnaire exploring their attitudes and |
| |Source: |practices regarding gynecologists and gynecological |
| |http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1177|examinations. |
| |543 |Results revealed that patients who preferred female |
| | |gynecologists were most likely to find gynecological |
| | |examinations difficult and to be critical of gynecologist’s' |
| | |understanding of women's psychological and sexual problems. |
|Waller. K |Women doctors for women patients? | This research concentrates on two main areas, the attitudes of |
|(1988) | |women patients towards physicians and the attitudes of |
| |Source: |physicians towards female patients. Patients perceive male and |
| |http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3042|female doctors differently. Women patients believe women doctors|
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