The dental values scale: Development and validation

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1282-1293

  Langille, Angela D ^a   Catano, Victor M ^b   Boran, Thomas L ^c   Cunningham, Donald P ^c  

^a Sobeys National Human Resources   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental students; Ethics; Individual values; Measurement of dental values; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DENTISTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251610549     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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