Perspectives on the working hours of Australian junior doctors

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Glasgow, Nicholas J ^a   Bonning, Michael ^b   Mitchell, Rob ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b Australian Medical Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84924145964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-S1-S13     Document Type: Review

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