Medical students learning intimate examinations without valid consent: A multicentre study

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Rees, Charlotte E ^a   Monrouxe, Lynn V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551682136     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03911.x     Document Type: Article

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