Scientific Dishonesty: A Survey of Doctoral Students at the Major Medical Faculties in Sweden and Norway

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 380-388

  Hofmann, Bjørn ^a,b   Helgesson, Gert ^c   Juth, Niklas ^c   Holm, Søren ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dishonesty; doctoral students; fabrication; falsification; misconduct; plagiarism; science ethics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NORWAY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84955249773     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615599686     Document Type: Review

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