Fatigue among clinicians and the safety of patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1249-1255

  Gaba, David M ^a,b,c   Howard, Steven K ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037126201     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa020846     Document Type: Article

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