Work Hours Restrictions as an Ethical Dilemma for Residents: A Descriptive Survey of Violation Types and Frequency

Current Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 448-455

  Carpenter, Robert O ^a   Spooner, John ^a   Arbogast, Patrick G ^a   Tarpley, John L ^a   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b,c   Lomis, Kimberly D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750475956     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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