Who's for five nine-hour shifts a week?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-442

  Horrocks, Nicholas ^a   Pounder, Roy ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33750614124     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-5-440     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

1. Royal College of Physicians. Working the night shift: preparation, survival and recovery - a guide for junior doctors. Prepared on behalf of a Multidisciplinary Working Group by Horrocks N, Pounder R. London: RCP, 2006. Also available free to download at www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nightshift/ nightshiftbooklet.pdf
2. Royal College of Physicians. Designing safer rotas for junior doctors in the 48-hour week. Prepared on behalf of a multidisciplinary Working Group by Horrocks N, Pounder R. London: RCP, 2006. Also available for free download at www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/brochure.aspx?e=180
3. 'The case for a cell of ten', RCP statement. www.rcplondon.ac.uk/college/ statements/ewtd_caseforten.asp
4. Royal College of Physicians. Continuity of care for medical inpatients: standards of good practice. London: RCP, 2004. www.rcplondon.ac.uk/members/ library/books/ContinuityOfCare.pdf