Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation

Editorial

Alice Murray et al. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1404.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1404.

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Comment in

Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: pendulum is still swinging.
Short A. Short A. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):514. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.514-c. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141162 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: European directive seems not to apply to doctors' hours in rest of European Union.
Atkinson JJ. Atkinson JJ. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):514. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.514-b. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141163 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: no easy solution exists.
Yeluri S, Dadayal G. Yeluri S, et al. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):514. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.514-a. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141164 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: new on-call rotas do not work.
Akerman N. Akerman N. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):514. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.514. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141165 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: please make on-call rooms available to doctors at night.
Varughese GI. Varughese GI. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.515-a. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141169 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: "weeks of nights" give the illusion of working fewer hours.
Veiraiah A. Veiraiah A. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.515. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141170 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

The millennial doctor - A blue collar worker?
Osanlou O, Hull R. Osanlou O, et al. Future Hosp J. 2017 Feb;4(1):45-48. doi: 10.7861/futurehosp.4-1-45. Future Hosp J. 2017. PMID: 31098285 Free PMC article.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: pendulum is still swinging.
Short A. Short A. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):514. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.514-c. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141162 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation: "weeks of nights" give the illusion of working fewer hours.
Veiraiah A. Veiraiah A. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3;331(7515):515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.515. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16141170 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
European working time directive.
Tucker P, Folkar S. Tucker P, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2010 Oct;10(5):521; author reply 521-2. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-5-521. Clin Med (Lond). 2010. PMID: 21117396 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The impact of shift patterns on junior doctors' perceptions of fatigue, training, work/life balance and the role of social support.
Brown M, Tucker P, Rapport F, Hutchings H, Dahlgren A, Davies G, Ebden P. Brown M, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Dec;19(6):e36. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2008.030734. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010. PMID: 21127102 Free PMC article.

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