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Table 3 Importance of gender for doctor-patient relationship

From: How do applicants, students and physicians think about the feminisation of medicine? - a questionnaire-survey

Medical Students: Based on your experience, how important is the doctor’s gender for the bond of trust to their patients?

Doctors: Based on your experience, how important is the gender of a doctor in your specialty for the bond of trust to their patients?

Response Category

N (%)

Response Category

N (%)

Very unimportant

37 (6.6%)

Very unimportant

29 (14.4%)

Unimportant

274 (49%)

Unimportant

108 (53.7%)

Important

228 (40.8%)

Important

60 (29.9%)

Very important

20 (3.6%)

Very important

4 (2.0%)

Total

559 (100.0%)

Total

201 (100.0%)

UQ

31

UQ

24