Influence of attitudes toward curriculum on dishonest academic behavior

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Austin, Zubin ^a   Collins, David ^b   Remillard, Alfred ^c   Kelcher, Sheila ^d   Chui, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Attitudes; Curriculum; Pharmacy education; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHARMACY STUDENT; RECUMBENCY;

ATTITUDE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; DECEPTION; ETHICS; ETHICS, PHARMACY; HUMANS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 33745101072     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj700350     Document Type: Article

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