Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Taken Too Long
Yahoo! News - No shock here: Interns' long hours cause medical errors: "Two new studies reported in The New England Journal of Medicine (news - web sites) now confirm that sleep-deprived interns make substantially more serious medical mistakes when they work shifts of 24 hours or more than when they work shorter shifts."
After all these years of this testosterone ridden initiation, it is about time someone pulled the leash on this behavior. The doctors who promote this practice should be ashamed of themselves for not ending this tradition years ago.
After all these years of this testosterone ridden initiation, it is about time someone pulled the leash on this behavior. The doctors who promote this practice should be ashamed of themselves for not ending this tradition years ago.
