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love the orwellian way this is spun as to how it is letting doctors do another 4 hours on top of the current pathetic 20. no @%^@%#$ way i'd let myself be diag
by jgamman 10y ago
love the orwellian way this is spun as to how it is letting doctors do another 4 hours on top of the current pathetic 20. no @%^@%#$ way i'd let myself be diagnosed by someone 23 hours into their shift, let alone do a procedure requiring basic hand eye co-ordination.
- maxerickson 10y agoSo if you are bleeding profusely you are going to ask? And then refuse stitches if there is no other doctor available?
- JshWright 10y agoHow many times would you want to be passed off from one "primary" provider to another over the course of 24 hours? Those handoffs are where things falls through the cracks... Allowing doctors to work fewer, longer shifts is correlated with increased happiness for the docs (they end up with actual days off), and no increased risk for patients. http://www.absurgery.org/default.jsp?news_trial0216 http://www.absurgery.org/default.jsp?news_trial0216