Resident Duty Hour Limits: Recommendations by the IOM and the Response From the Radiology Community

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Mainiero, Martha B ^a   Davis, Lawrence P ^b   Chertoff, Jocelyn D ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

duty hours; Resident; safety; supervision

Indexed keywords

GRADUATE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84928096231     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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