Building physician work hour regulations from first principles and best evidence

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1197-1199

  Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b   Landrigan, Christopher P ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WORK SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 51449100340     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.10.1197     Document Type: Note

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