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. 2001 Apr 2;174(7):343-4.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143310.x.

Should doctors wear white coats?

P R Harnett  1
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Should doctors wear white coats?

P R Harnett. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

The wearing of white coats by hospital doctors is becoming a rarity, making it difficult for patients to identify doctors from other hospital staff. I asked patients with cancer whether they thought that doctors, both junior and senior, should wear white coats. Only a minority disapproved.

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  • White coats and the medical profession.
    Van Der Weyden MB. Van Der Weyden MB. Med J Aust. 2001 Apr 2;174(7):324-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143304.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11346102 No abstract available.
  • Doctors have become defrocked.
    Meakin IL. Meakin IL. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):227-8. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143111.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587287 No abstract available.
  • Clothes do not maketh the man.
    McNeill PM, Saul P. McNeill PM, et al. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):227; author reply 228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143108.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587288 No abstract available.
  • Aesthetics or function?
    Reader SR. Reader SR. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):227; author reply 228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143109.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587289 No abstract available.
  • The stethoscope has replaced the white coat.
    Black RB. Black RB. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):227; author reply 228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143110.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587290 No abstract available.
  • Doctor? Nurse? Cleaner?
    Saunders SH. Saunders SH. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143112.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587291 No abstract available.
  • Hospital staff need to be identifiable.
    Scott AJ. Scott AJ. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143113.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587292 No abstract available.
  • Preventive medicine.
    Behan FC. Behan FC. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):228. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143114.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587293 No abstract available.