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Sunday, January 16, 2005

Over-worked Interns

Alex Tabarrok, of Marginal Revolution, refers to a recent article about the dangers of over-worked interns. Not only do they tend to create more medical mistakes, they have more traffic accidents as well. He concludes with a quote from Kevin Drum:

Would you want your mother to be looked after by a trainee who's been on her feet for 30 hours? I wouldn't.
Indeed.
 
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