Cheating at medical school: Schools need a culture that simply makes dishonest behaviour unacceptable

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7281, 2001, Pages 250-251

  Glick, Shimon M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE;

DECEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035798849     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.250     Document Type: Editorial

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