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Gender Bias in Urology: How Do Patients Really Choose Their Urologist?

Alexander TamalunasPhilipp LenauLeo Federico StadelmeierJan-Niclas MummTheresa VilsmaierHenrik HöhnMaja-Lena MummRaphaela WaidelichJozefina CasuscelliGiuseppe MagistroAlexander BuchnerThomas KolbenChristian StiefMartin Hennenberg
Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2022)
As the majority of our patients stated a gender preference, urological departments should be considerate of potential patients' preferences for urologist gender that may be based on the individual patient's history, taking a comprehensive approach to fulfill the patients' need for same gender urologists in educational hospitals and health care services.
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