Resident duty hours reform: Are we there yet?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1017-1020

  Longnecker, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33751406272     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000246708.21483.90     Document Type: Review

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