Are Medical Residents Worked Too Hard? Or Not Hard Enough?

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Fri, 05/22/2009 - 04:00

Some experts say medical residents are tasked to the point of exhaustion, putting patient safety at risk. Others say the training makes them better doctors, even when they're tired.


 

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