Resident duty hours: Concerns and consequences

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 812-816

  Sataloff, Robert T ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 65349173919     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130908800302     Document Type: Editorial

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