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Should doctors wear white coats?
Author(s) -
Harnett Paul R
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143310.x
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , medicine , family medicine , white coat , white paper , nursing , psychology , history , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , blood pressure , gene
The wearing of white coats by hospital doctors is becoming a rarity, making it difficult for patients to identify doctors from other hospital staff, I asked patients with cancer whether they thought that doctors, both junior and senior, should wear white coats. Only a minority disapproved.