Effect of the 50-hour workweek limitation on training of surgical residents in Switzerland

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 558-563

  Businger, Adrian ^a,b   Guller, Ulrich ^b   Oertli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; SWITZERLAND; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953859983     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.88     Document Type: Article

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