US EditionDoctor’s White Coats Remain a Symbol of Trust Despite Growing Acceptance of Scrubs
A 2025 BMJ Open review finds patients trust doctors in white coats but female physicians face frequent misidentification as nurses due to persistent gender bias in multiple countries.
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Doctor’s white coats remain a symbol of trust despite growing acceptance of scrubs
Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical assistants, finds a review of the available research on the topic, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.
Patients still view doctor's white coat as symbol of professionalism and trust, review suggests
Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical assistants, finds a review of the available research on the topic, published in the open-access journal BMJ Open.
White Coat or Casual? Here's What Patients Prefer
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The white coat remains a symbol of professionalism and trust among doctors, but also of sexism, according to a new research published in BMJ Open magazine. Many doctors are wrongly identified as nurses or assistant doctors, suggesting the presence of gender bias in patients and demonstrating the need to create initiatives aimed at reducing inequality. According to SINC, the leader of the study and researcher at the University of Medical Sciences…
Many doctors who wear the white coat are wrongly identified as nurses or medical assistants, suggesting the presence of gender bias in patients and demonstrating the need to create initiatives aimed at reducing inequality. According to SINC, the leader of the study and researcher at the University of Medical Sciences of Hwasung (South Korea), James Youn, the reason for this is due to “traditional perceptions of gender roles in medicine.” Histori…
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