Croatian medical students see academic dishonesty as an acceptable behaviour: A cross-sectional multicampus study

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 376-379

  Taradi, Sunčana Kukolja ^a   Taradi, Milan ^a   Dogaš, Zoran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECEPTION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864024760     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100015     Document Type: Article

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