Journal of medical ethics
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Journal of medical ethics · Nov 2010
The role of doctors' religious faith and ethnicity in taking ethically controversial decisions during end-of-life care.
The prevalence of religious faith among doctors and its relationship with decision-making in end-of-life care is not well documented. The impact of ethnic differences on this is also poorly understood. This study compares ethnicity and religious faith in the medical and general UK populations, and reports on their associations with ethically controversial decisions taken when providing care to dying patients. ⋯ Greater acknowledgement of the relationship of doctors' values with clinical decision-making is advocated.
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Journal of medical ethics · Nov 2010
Students come to medical schools prepared to cheat: a multi-campus investigation.
To investigate high school cheating experiences and attitudes towards academic misconduct of freshmen at all four medical schools in Croatia, as a post-communist country in transition, with intention of raising awareness of academic (dis)honesty. ⋯ Academic dishonesty of university students does not begin in higher education; students come to medical schools ready to cheat.