Where have all the giants gone? Reconciling medical education and the traditions of patient care with limitations on resident work hours

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Lowenstein, Jerome ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANGER; COMPUTER; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0038216997     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2003.0026     Document Type: Review

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