Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ...
by dagw on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @05:31AM
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That's a bullshit argument. If hospitals really cared about human lives, they would keep a staff level that ensured that patients would be seen by doctors that where rested and focused. People die because doctors and nurses who've been on their feet for the past 20 hours are unfocused make stupid mistakes and hospitals simply don't care because dealing with the occasional accidental death is cheaper than hiring more doctors, and we as a society let them get away with it.
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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ...
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @06:35AM
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As the OP noted, people die at a higher rate when you switch to shorter shifts because information loss during shift change causes more mistakes than tired physicians.
In many hospitals doctors are paid hourly, so shorter shifts wouldn't cost the hospital money.