Sleep and the medical profession

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-512

  Parthasarathy, Sairam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician; Resident physician; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Work hours

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 27644482738     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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