The 80-hour duty week: Rationale, early attitudes, and future questions

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 449, Issue , 2006, Pages 138-142

  Friedlaender, Gary E ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE; ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33747197471     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000224038.31474.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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