'A world of difference': A qualitative study of medical students' views on professionalism and the 'good doctor'

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cuesta Briand, Beatriz ^a   Auret, Kirsten ^a   Johnson, Paula ^b   Playford, Denese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Good doctor; Medical students' views; Professionalism; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899493996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-77     Document Type: Article

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