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PMID: 21226569 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Despite their medical school diplomas, medical interns and residents are not yet full-fledged physicians. But does it follow that interns and residents should still be considered students? Some in the medical profession think so. In recent years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has sought to limit residents' work hours and protect them from performing certain routine job-related tasks that might rightfully be expected of employees, such as drawing blood or transporting patients. These restrictions reflect a desire to preserve residents' ability to focus on their educational development. In the eyes of the law, however, the answer may . . . |
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Aaron S Kesselheim; Kirsten E Austad |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-12 |
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Title: The New England journal of medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1533-4406 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0255562 Medline TA: N Engl J Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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From the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (A.S.K., K.E.A.), and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (K.E.A.). |
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