PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Elan Preston-Whyte
AU  - Robin C. Fraser
AU  - John L. Beckett
TI  - Effect of a principal's gender on consultation patterns
DP  - 1983 Oct 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 654--658
VI  - 33
IP  - 255
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/654.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/654.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Oct 01; 33
AB  - This report describes a study of consultation patterns of male and female partners in a group practice. It was found that fulltime principals of both sexes had similar levels of workload; that patients chose to consult a doctor of the same sex not only for sex-specific disorders but also for conditions which were not sex-linked; that female partners were seeing a different age distribution of patient; and that doctor-initiated appointments varied not only between individual partners but were also related to both the sex of the doctor and the sex of the patient.