The ACGME's final duty-hour standards - Special PGY-1 limits and strategic napping

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1589-1591

  Iglehart, John K ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; ACCREDITATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC OPINION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PUBLIC OPINION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958539127     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1010613     Document Type: Short Survey

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