What matters more in patient care? Giving doctor shorter hours of work or a good night's sleep?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-166

  Firth Cozens, J ^a   Cording, H ^b  

^a London Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; SURGICAL ERROR; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 2942746434     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2002.002725     Document Type: Editorial

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