Do women prefer a female breast surgeon?

Asnat Groutz1, Hadar Amir1, Revital Caspi2, Eran Sharon3, Yinon Levy4, Mordechai Shimonov5
1Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel
3Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel
4Department of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
5E. Wolfson Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Holon, Israel

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