Medical ethics and compliance amongst physician groups: a self-assessed survey in a hospital in Southeast Nigeria
Ogbonnia Godfrey Ochonma,
Udunma Olive Chjioke,
Justin Agorye Ingwu
et al.
Abstract:Background: Being a doctor remains a moral enterprise as he is expected to make some medical decisions based on ethical principles during encounter with patients.
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge and application of medical ethical principles amongst physician groups in a Hospital in Enugu, Nigeria.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional self-assessed study conducted amongst medical doctors in five specialty groups in a teaching hospital in Enugu, Nigeria.Descript… Show more
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