The ageing anaesthetist

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Redfern, N ^a   Gallagher, P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIST; ATTENTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL FUNCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING MEMORY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84890108987     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12510     Document Type: Review

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