The role of clinical support workers in reducing junior doctors' hours and improving quality of patient care

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-275

  Herbertson, Rebecca ^b   Blundell, Adrian ^a,c   Bowman, Christine ^d  

^a Weston Park Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical support workers; European Working Time Directive; Junior doctors' hours; New deal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SUPPORT GROUP; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VEIN PUNCTURE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947372512     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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