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Cappuccio, Francesco and Lockley, Steven B. (2008) Safety and the flying doctor. BMJ, Vol.336 (No.7637). p. 218. doi:10.1136/bmj.39468.659051.59
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39468.659051.59
Abstract
Interest, curiosity, or dismay—which feeling predominates when we learn from BBC Newsnight that our NHS employs doctors who commute from Poland to cover the out of hours duties that local GPs are unable to work because they are too tired at night? Is it interest in an innovative solution for modern pan-European healthcare provision, curiosity in discovering huge variations in the standard of living across the medical profession in an open Europe, or dismay that the government’s emphasis, that healthcare practice should be based on the best scientific evidence, is little more than lip service?
Working continuously for a long time, particularly at night, increases the risk of making errors and causing injury, which is why many professions limit the number of hours of continuous duty. These risks also apply to the medical profession: tired doctors make mistakes that harm patients (N Engl J Med 2004;351:1838-48) and themselves
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Physicians, Fatigue, Hours of labor | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ | ||||
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0959-535X | ||||
| Official Date: | 26 January 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.336 | ||||
| Number: | No.7637 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 218 | ||||
| Identifier: | 10.1136/bmj.39468.659051.59 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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