Residents' hours of work: We need to assess the impact of the new US reforms

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7374, 2002, Pages 1184-1185

  Philibert, Ingrid ^a   Barach, Paul ^b  

^a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037164387     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1184     Document Type: Editorial

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