title: Doctors in a white coat--what do patients think and what do doctors do?
abstract: Patients and general practitioners in northern Norway were asked their opinion on the doctors' use of a white coat in the consultation. 51.9% of the patients wanted their doctor not to wear a white coat, whereas 11.7% of the doctors never wore one. 5.7% of the doctors' staff members never wore a white coat. The patients' preferences were to some extent related to their own doctors' use of a white coat, and there was a significant increase in the demand for a white coat with increasing age of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anvik
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003020:Clothing / Q000523:psychology*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires