UDK: 614.253:301

The choice of doctor and gender: the results of the sociological studies citizens in the large industrial city

M. D. Kovaleva, V. V. Delaryu, Y. B. Greshnova

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра общей и клинической психологии

Abstract

Shown the gender influence the choice of doctor by citizens in the large industrial city: 30 % respondents preferred a one sex with them (male or female) and for 10–20 % was preferable a doctor of the opposite sex. The choice of a doctor male or doctor female was based on different arguments, which were characteristic of gender stereotypes of mass con- sciousness.

Keywords

choice of doctor, gender, sociological studies

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