Safer hours for doctors and improved safety for patients

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 396-398

  Kevat, Dev A S ^a,b   Cameron, Peter A ^a   Davies, Andrew R ^a   Landrigan, Chris P ^c   Rajaratnam, Shantha W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRAINING; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL STAFF; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84903756400     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10412     Document Type: Article

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