Making the case for investigating flexibility in duty hour limits for surgical residents

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 503-504

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b   Hoyt, David B ^b   Lewis, Frank ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c American Board of Surgery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DUTY HOUR LIMIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORK SCHEDULE; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84934301409     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0239     Document Type: Note

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