Academic integrity and plagiarism: A review of the influences and risk situations for health students

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-380

  Jiang, Hai ^a   Emmerton, Lynne ^a,b   McKauge, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic integrity; Health Sciences; plagiarism; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878658974     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.687362     Document Type: Review

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