Self-reported attitudes and behaviours of medical students in Pakistan regarding academic misconduct: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ghias, Kulsoom ^a   Lakho, Ghulam Rehmani ^b   Asim, Hamna ^c   Azam, Iqbal Syed ^a   Saeed, Sheikh Abdul ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b REHMAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Academic misconduct; Cheating; Lying; Medical students; Stealing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECEPTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAKISTAN; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PAKISTAN; PLAGIARISM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84903634834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-43     Document Type: Article

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