Resident work hours: Distinguishing resident service issues from education and safety

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-376

  Watson, James C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649452426     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000319720.48058.a6     Document Type: Article

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