Junior doctors' extended work hours and the effects on their performance: The Irish case

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-217

  Flinn, Fiona ^a   Armstrong, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health care system; Health policy; Hospital care; Human factors; Human resources; Medical errors; Patient safety; Setting of care; Workforce and workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952603007     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq088     Document Type: Article

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