Residents' duty hours - Toward an empirical narrative

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2044-2049

  Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a   Lamas, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE; PHENELZINE;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETHAL DOSE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84869416552     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1210160     Document Type: Article

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