Are residents' extended shifts associated with adverse events?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2194-2196

  Szklo Coxe, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; SHIFT WORKER; SHORT SURVEY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33845873306     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030497     Document Type: Short Survey

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