Munira Abdul Aziz, Sadaf Zia, Muhammad Shuja Farrukh, Faryal Nawaz.
Does Gender matter? Perception of female surgeons among male patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital.
Rawal Med J Jan ;44(3):602-6.

Objective: To determine how is the lady surgeons perceived as a health care provider by the male gender in a developing country. Methodology: This study was conducted at tertiary care hospital from August 2017 to August 2108. Male patients were surveyed to get their opinions. Results: Total of 77 individual were included in the study. The age of the patients was 50+-1.715 years. All were males; 29(37.6%) of these were single and 47(61%) were married with one widower (1.3%). Forty percent of the individuals had graduate level. Conclusion: Pakistani society accepts female surgeons to be a professional health care provider and accepts their roles without much gender bias. Thirty one present believed that females can take up any kind of surgical field as a professional career.

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