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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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Future doctors set sail Friday on their medical journeys with the White Coat Ceremony at Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Abby Chang was with her father, ...

His traditional physician’s white coat meant something to Dr. Paul Klotman before the COVID-19 pandemic: respect, authority and an air of cleanliness. But during this year’s annual White Coat Ceremony ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — They say a picture is worth a thousand words and on the grounds of Prisma Health Richland Hospital on Wednesday, as dozens of Black doctors gathered for a photo at the front of the ...

Doctors' white coats have been the source of much debate in recent years. Although they are a powerful symbol of the medical profession, they are also identified as source for the spread of hospital ...

Geisinger College of Health Sciences’ School of Medicine held its 17th annual White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2029 on Friday at Marywood University. The ceremony is held in common with virtually ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A proud day for hundreds of families Friday as future doctors put on their white coats for the first time. Sidney Kimmel Medical College held its annual White Coat Ceremony at ...

A recent study of patients at 10 academic hospitals in the United States found that just over half care about what their doctors wear, most of them preferring the traditional white coat. Some doctors ...