Doctors' working hours: Can the medical profession afford to let the courts decide what is reasonable?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 616-618

  Nocera, Antony ^a,c   Khursandi, Diana Strange ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Careflight ^*  (Australia)

^c CareFlight Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; COURT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW SUIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0032526927     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb141450.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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