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Patient preferences for dentists

Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2009
A representative British sample of 257 adults completed a questionnaire in which they indicated their preference for eight dentists stratified by sex, age, and training location. These data were analysed in relation to participants' own sex and age, the latter stratified by a median split.
Adrian, Furnham, Viren, Swami
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Psychiatristsʼ Preferred Patients

Southern Medical Journal, 1980
This is an empirical study of eighty psychiatrists' preferred patients. Although these patients show many common characteristics that make them suitable for psychotherapy, it appears that the therapist's unique experience seems to be the most important factor in determining his preference for a particular one of these suitable patients.
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Patient preferences and the bedside manner

Medical Education, 1982
Summary An interview training model was tested and students' performances compared with patients' preferences and ratings of the students. The model was found to have some effect in improving performance. Students who were rated high in their interviewing skills tended to be rated highly by patients.
J A, Thompson, J L, Anderson
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Patients’ preferences for dentists’ behaviors

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1985
Unlike previous studies that examined specialized populations or were completed some years ago, this survey collected information from a cross-section of patients who were currently receiving various kinds of dental treatment. Although the study disclosed that patients' preferences and perceptions of dentists' performance might vary within and between ...
J A, Rankin, M B, Harris
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Patient preference for urologist gender

International Journal of Urology, 2020
ObjectivesTo determine the factors associated with patients preferring the gender of their treating urologist in various clinical settings.MethodsA total of 400 urology outpatients participated in a structured interview on the nature of their presenting complaint, perception of their complaint and the preference for the gender of their urologist in ...
Jessica, Wynn, Lydia, Johns Putra
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Preference assessment in patients with asthma

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 2002
Preference measurement is an important concept in health economics. The theory provides a common outcome measure that can be compared across diseases. Instruments used to measure preference, such as the standard gamble, time trade-off, visual analog scale and multiattribute health state classification systems, have been used in asthma studies. However,
Todd A, Lee, Kevin B, Weiss
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Patient Preferences and Health Disparities

JAMA, 2001
Preference-based care is transforming the patient-clinician relationship. In a traditional management model physicians make treatment decisions, while in the preference-based paradigm patients choose the treatments that best conform to their values.
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Visiting Preferences of Cardiovascular Patients

Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 2009
The purpose of this study is to compare differences in patient preferences for visitors during hospitalization for a cardiovascular event specifically comparing cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients to those on cardiac step down units (SDU). A convenience sample 63 subjects from the CICU, mean age of 61.2 ± 14.4 years, 21 males and 41 females ...
Diane L, Carroll, Colleen E, Gonzalez
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Students prefer cheerful patients

Nursing Standard, 1987
Nursing students prefer caring for patients who are cheerful and communicative, according to new research in the United States.
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Patient preferences for gender of endoscopists

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2002
The preference of patients for physician gender has been studied in many areas of medicine, but it has not been well evaluated in those undergoing lower GI endoscopy. This study assessed patient preference, if any, for endoscopist gender and compared the degree of preference expressed by men and women.A total of 150 consecutive patients scheduled for ...
Shyam, Varadarajulu, Carol, Petruff, William H, Ramsey   +2 more
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