The Tougher Men Think They Are, the Less Likely They Are to Be Honest with Doctors – Men, who die on average five years earlier than women, prefer male doctors, but are more honest with female doctors

Ken Branson, ‘The Tougher Men Think They Are, the Less Likely They Are to Be Honest with Doctors – Men, who die on average five years earlier than women, prefer male doctors, but are more honest with female doctors’, http://news.rutgers.edu/news/tougher-men-think-they-are-less-likely-they-are-be-honest-doctors/20160321#.VxdBZDZBbVo, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey (March 23, 2016).

Cultural script

The researchers discovered that men, having chosen a male doctor, were less likely to be open with that doctor about their symptoms. (…) Men have a cultural script that tells them they should be brave, self-reliant and tough.