Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, experts say

Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by Dove on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:07AM (#11634278)

There is a tradeoff, though. A doctor once explained to me that she did 24 hour shifts to minimize the mistakes that can occur when handing a complicated case off to someone else.

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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by thfuran on Friday May 13, 2016 @02:01PM (#11692043)

I think that sort of thing accounts for an extremely tiny minority of too-long shifts in the medical industry.

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