Why medical schools are tolerant of unethical behavior

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-180

  De Oliveira Vidal, Edison Iglesias ^a   Dos Silva, Vanessa Santos ^a   Dos Santos, Maria Fernanda ^a   Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari ^a   Boas, Paulo José Fortes Villas ^a   Fukushima, Fernanda Bono ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empathy; Medical education; Professional competence; Professional ethics

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84924339923     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1763     Document Type: Article

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