"I have the right to a private life": Medical students' views about professionalism in a digital world

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 826-831

  Ross, Shelley ^a   Lai, Krista ^a   Walton, Jennifer M ^a   Kirwan, Paul ^a   White, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84884519503     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.802301     Document Type: Article

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