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Why So Many Young Doctors Work Such Awful Hours
The Atlantic,
The path to becoming a doctor is notoriously difficult. Following pre-med studies and four years of medical school, freshly…
Why renew risky long doctor shifts?
Stars and Stripes ,
21 minutes ago OPINION Special to The Washington Post Published: December 20, 2015 In 1989, Sidney Zion famously wrote this…
We know long doctor shifts are dangerous. Why won’t hospitals adapt?
Washington Post,
(Spotmatik/iStock) December 18 at 7:35 PM Jeffrey Clark and David Harari are resident physicians at the University of…
When Your Doctor Is on a 30-Hour Shift
The Daily Beast,
A new program has medical residents working for up to 30 hours without sleep in ICU’s—putting patients in danger of hospital…