Perspective: Limiting resident work hours is a moral concern

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-314

  Higginson, Jason D ^a,b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; WORKING TIME; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; ETHICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MORALS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 63249096321     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181971bf2     Document Type: Review

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