Are “tomorrow's doctors” honest? Questionnaire study exploring medical students' attitudes and reported behaviour on academic misconduct

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7281, 2001, Pages 274-275

  Rennie, S C ^a   Crosby, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECEPTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIARISM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035798853     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.274     Document Type: Article

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