You are conflating two separate issues. Sleep deprivation in doctors is an entirely different question to that of patients sleeping while admitted into hospital

You are conflating two separate issues. Sleep deprivation in doctors is an entirely different question to that of patients sleeping while admitted into hospital. >what is the response from the medical community on sleep? I can't answer such a general question. >Why is this ok is medicine and not any other type of human endeavor? It would be impossible to cover this without hitting a significant word count. It's also depends on the country. In the UK at least it's certainly a political hot potato.