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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by mattkrause on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:57PM (#13841036)
The handoff stuff is at least fixable in principle, whereas sleep deprivation is...not (at least not sustainably).
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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by maxerickson on Friday March 10, 2017 @02:12PM (#13841145)
We don't especially know what purpose sleep serves. It's possible someone will figure it out and how to work around the need for it.
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