JUROR'S GENDER

1.AUTHOR	Worthington-D-L.
INSTITUTION	Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas, USA.
TITLE	Making attributions to the physician following closing arguments of a simulated medical malpractice suit: jurors' sex, health locus of control, and locus of authority.
SOURCE	Psychol-Rep 1997 Jun, VOL: 80 (3 Pt 1), P: 943-6, ISSN: 0033-2941.
Abstract	This study examined jurors' health locus of control, locus of authority, sex, and attribution assigned to the physician in a simulated trial by subject-jurors. Subjects viewed videotaped closing arguments of a fictionalized medical malpractice case and assigned fault to each party in the case. The primary finding was that women tended to assign greater responsibility (57.00%) to the physician than did men (37.92%). Author. YR 1997. CP UNITED-STATES. JC QF6. IM 199710. ED 19970807.