Changes in medical student attitudes as they progress through a medical course

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-117

  Price, John ^a   Price, David ^a,b   Williams, Gail ^a   Hoffenberg, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Medical Education Centre

Author keywords

Attitude; Australia; Medical education; Medical ethics; Medical students; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0348202971     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.2.110     Document Type: Article

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