A bridge too far: A critique of the new ACGME duty hour requirements

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Alpert, Joseph S ^a   Frishman, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; WORKLOAD;

INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84455178842     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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