Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation.

Alice Murray; Roy Pounder; Hugh Mather; Dame Carol Black

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Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation.

June 29, 2005

Murray A, Pounder R, Mather H, et al. BMJ. 2005;330(7505):1404.

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The authors argue that the National Health Service shift system, which involves working consecutive night shifts, may negatively affect patient safety.

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