Working when exhausted is unacceptable

Working when exhausted is unacceptable

[...]doctors recognise that working at the limits of exhaustion is working at unacceptably low performance, we will continue to see the culture of machismo transmitted to the next generation so they can make the same mistakes-to the detriment of the medical profession and patients. Competing interes...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2017-09, Vol.358, p.j4191-j4191
1. Verfasser: McGovern, Paul D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Fatigue
Humans
Mortality
Physicians
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Zusammenfassung:[...]doctors recognise that working at the limits of exhaustion is working at unacceptably low performance, we will continue to see the culture of machismo transmitted to the next generation so they can make the same mistakes-to the detriment of the medical profession and patients. Competing interests: I was formerly a specialty registrar in trauma and orthopaedics. 1 Stain SC, Farquhar M. Should doctors work 24 hour shifts? BMJ 2017; 358: j3522. doi:10.1136/bmj.j3522 pmid:28747488.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j4191