Sex concordance and patient-centered communication in the physician-patient interaction

• In Event: Problematic discourses in provider-patient interactions

Abstract

This study is examines sex differences in physicians’ patient-centered communication (PCC) with male patients. Videotaped medical encounters (N = 86) were coded for components of PCC. The study found that although male providers engaged in more patient responses, male patients tended to ask more questions and use more assertive responses with female providers than with male providers.

Authors

• Melinda Villagran, George Mason Univ

• Brian Keefe, College of New Jersey

• Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, University of North Texas

• Lisa Sparks, Chapman University

• Joy Goldsmith, Young Harris College