Implementing the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on resident physician work hours, supervision, and safety

Nature and Science of Sleep

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 47-85

  Blum, Alexander B ^a   Shea, Sandra ^b   Czeisler, Charles A ^c,d   Landrigan, Christopher P ^c,d,e   Leape, Lucian ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Service Employees International Union ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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