The impossible workload for doctors in training.

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The impossible workload for doctors in training.

May 1, 2013

Chen PW.

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This newspaper article examines how duty hour restrictions have not necessarily led to trainees getting more sleep but have resulted in trainees needing to do more work in less time.

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