Working time regulations for trainee doctors

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7729, 2009, Pages 1039-

  Pounder, Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RotaGeek Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EUROPE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

ENGLAND; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 70449434338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4488     Document Type: Editorial

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