Risks of working time directive: Shorter shifts and more frequent handover

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7772, 2010, Pages 520-

  Manjunath, Aditya ^a   Srirangam, Shalom J ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SURGEON; UROLOGY; WORKING TIME; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956501588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4858     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Eaton L. Working time directive puts patients' lives at risk, surgeons claim. BMJ 2010;341:c4212. (3 August.) [FREE Full text]