Avoidable breaches of confidentiality: A study among students of medicine and of law

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-337

  Elger, Bernice S ^a   Harding, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confidentiality standards; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards ethics; Law *education ethics; Questionnaires; Students; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRIMINAL LAW; DENTISTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STUDENT; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; LAWYERS; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 15244362780     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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