Exploring the attitudes of medical faculty members and students in Pakistan towards plagiarism: A cross sectional survey

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Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Rathore, Farooq Azam ^a   Waqas, Ahmed ^b   Zia, Ahmad Marjan ^b   Mavrinac, Martina ^c   Farooq, Fareeha ^d  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^b National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethics; Medical education; Medical writing; Pakistan; Plagiarism; Scientific writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945182483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1031     Document Type: Article

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