The difficult problem: Assessing medical students' professional attitudes and behaviour

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 662-664

  Parker, Malcolm H ^a   Turner, Jane ^a   McGurgan, Paul ^b   Emmerton, Lynne M ^a   McAllister, Lindy L ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 78650206349     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04097.x     Document Type: Review

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