title: Sensitising intern doctors to ethical issues in a doctor-patient relationship.
abstract: There is a felt need in India to influence the ethical behaviour of doctors by giving students formal education in ethics in medical colleges. Since internship is the interface between learning and independent practice, it is important to sensitise intern doctors to ethical issues in a doctor-patient relationship at this stage.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India,. itisnilima@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nilima D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Surat, India,. ritambharam@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ritambhara Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and New Civil Hospital, Opp. Majura Gate, Surat, Gujarat, India,. drkamlesh71@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Kamlesh R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dave
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical