Comment of the American Board of Surgery on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety"

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-419

  Lewis, Frank R ^a  

^a American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EUROPE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EUROPE; FATIGUE; GENERAL SURGERY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SLEEP; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 68949218377     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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