Self-perception of the Elective Surgeon and Some Patient Perception Correlates

The Neurosurgical Workforce in North America: A Critical Review of Gender Issues

“…Women in leadership positions, for example, are devalued relative to their male counterparts when they display more traditionally male characteristics such as assertiveness and competitiveness (30). Such stereotypes may be particularly detrimental in the field of surgery, in which masculine characteristics such as extroversion, competitiveness, and impersonal behavior have often been used to describe surgical personalities (55,84,92).…”

The general practitioner and the surgeon: stereotypes and medical specialties

“…In general, the results of these studies [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] show that the general practitioner is considered to be a doctor who is deeply interested in intellectual questions and problems, intelligent, patient, friendly, with a pleasant personality and sensitive to a wide range of factors when he evaluates a general problem. General medicine is considered the widest of the specialties.…”

Management of Patient Dissatisfaction With Results of Cosmetic Procedures

“…Research has substantiated that the surgeon who performs elec¬ tive procedures has significantly ele¬ vated needs to achieve, to excel, to control, to be seen in a favorable light, to resist change, and to be defensive when faced with a psychological threat. 16 Research has also indicated that the surgeon's expectation of him¬ self often exceeds the patient's expec¬ tation of his surgeon.16 Of course, the patient may well have exploited the surgeon's exaggerated needs to achieve and to try to reach "perfec¬ tion," but if this unfortunate situation has occurred, it could only intensify the surgeon's feelings of discontent because he did not recognize or control the patient's maneuver prior to sur¬ gery.…”