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

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 consciousness.