Resident Duty Hours in American Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 925-933

  Friedman, William A ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b   Burchiel, Kim J ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^b   Grossman, Robert G ^b   Hodge Jr , Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UFBI ^*

Author keywords

Duty hours; Education; Residency

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 1842535272     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000115153.30283.F5     Document Type: Review

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