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Nearly half of women prefer a female endoscopist for colorectal cancer screening, reported Stacy B. Menees, M.D., and her associates at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
A questionnaire filled out by 202 of 212 women while waiting for the primary care physician (PCP) showed that 43% preferred a woman endoscopist; 69% of these women had a female PCP. Among women with a female preference, 87% were willing to wait more than 30 extra days for a woman and 14% would be willing to pay more for a woman. Overall, 5% of the respondents would refuse to ...