Duty hour reform in a shifting medical landscape.

Anupam B. Jena; Vinay Prasad

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Duty hour reform in a shifting medical landscape.

November 26, 2014

Jena AB, Prasad V. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28(9):1238-40.

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This commentary discusses how duty hour regulations have evolved as a patient safety strategy since the death of Libby Zion in 1984.

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