Must we remain blind to undergraduate medical ethics education in Africa? A cross-sectional study of Nigerian medical students

Abstract Background As the practice of medicine inevitably raises both ethical and legal issues, it had been recommended since 1999 that medical ethics and human rights be taught at every medical school. Most Nigerian medical schools still lack a formal undergraduate medical ethics curriculum. Medic...

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Main Authors: Onochie Okoye, Daniel Nwachukwu, Ferdinand C. Maduka-Okafor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0229-2