Study Shows No Increase In Patient Death Rates After Cutback In Resident Work Hours
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Added: January 22, 2008 | Time 02:15 | Views: 313
Sleep-deprived physicians may be more prone to make mistakes. So in 2003, the organization in charge of physicians-in-training, or residents, reduced the number of hours they could work to eighty hours a week. New research says reducing those work hours has not increased patient deaths, and may have even improved patient care.
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chicagogal says:23 weeks ago | Reply
Even though residents aren't supposed to work more than 60 or so hours a week because of these regulations, many still are due to pressure from their residency programs.
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