West1993

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West1993
BibType ARTICLE
Key West1993
Author(s) Candace West
Title Reconceptualizing gender in physician-patient relationships
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Tag(s) Medical CA, communication, physician-patient relationships, women
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Year 1993
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Journal Social Science and Medicine
Volume 36
Number 1
Pages 57–66
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DOI 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90305-N
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Abstract

In this paper, I propose that existing research on how women physicians relate to patients differently from men might benefit from a reconceptualization of gender. Toward this end, I present an ethnomethodological perspective on gender as an accomplishment and show how it contrasts with conventional perspectives on ‘sex differences' and ‘sex roles'. I review results of existing research on women and men physicians' relationships with their patients, highlighting the inadequacies of conventional perspectives to address this topic. Finally, I recast results of my own research on ‘doctors' orders' in an effort to illustrate the utility of this perspective to research on gender's effects on the physician-patient relationship.

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