Characteristics, prevalence, attitudes, and perceptions of academic dishonesty among pharmacy students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Rabi, Suzanne M ^a,c   Patton, Lynn R ^b   Fjortoft, Nancy ^a   Zgarrick, David P ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Cheating; Honesty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; UNIVERSITY;

DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; FACULTY; FRAUD; HUMANS; MORALS; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 33749868938     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj700473     Document Type: Article

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