Rest during shift work in the emergency department

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Mitra, Biswadev ^a,c   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   Mele, Greg ^a   Archer, Peter ^a  

^a MAROONDAH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REST; VICTORIA; WORK SCHEDULE;

DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; REST; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VICTORIA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 56849119564     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080246     Document Type: Article

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