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Do clinical clerks suffer ethical erosion? Studentsʼ perceptions of their ethical environment and personal development

Academic Medicine · 1994 · Vol. 69(8) · pp. 670–9

C Feudtner✉(University of Pennsylvania)Dimitri Christakis(University of Pennsylvania)Nicholas A. Christakis(University of Pennsylvania)

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Abstract

The ethical dilemmas that medical students perceive as affecting them while serving as clinical clerks are apparently common and often detrimental, and warrant the attention of physicians, educators, and ethicists.

Ethics in medical practice Innovations in Medical Education Empathy and Medical EducationFeelingEthical dilemmaPsychologyAffect (linguistics)PerceptionMedical educationOddsSocial psychologyMedicineLogistic regression

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AdultAttitude of Health PersonnelBehaviorClinical ClerkshipConflict, PsychologicalEthics, MedicalHumansInterpersonal RelationsMalePennsylvaniaSocial PerceptionStudents, MedicalEthics, ClinicalComplicityProfessional Misconduct

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