Effects of reducing or eliminating resident work shifts over 16 hours: A systematic review

Sleep

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1043-1053

  Levine, Adam C ^a   Adusumilli, Josna ^a   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended shifts; Institute of Medicine; Occupational safety; Patient safety; Resident physicians; Sleep deprivation; Systematic review; Work hour limits

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORKING TIME; ACHIEVEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACHIEVEMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77955643165     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.8.1043     Document Type: Review

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