Sleep deprivation, elective surgical procedures, and informed consent

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 2577-2579

  Nurok, Michael ^a,b   Czeisler, Charles A ^c   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^b,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Divisions of Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^c General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78650877091     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1007901     Document Type: Review

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