Junior doctors' working hours: 48 hours in 2009. Meeting the challenge

Junior Doctors' Hours

Perspectives on the working hours of Australian junior doctors

The working hours of junior doctors have been a focus of discussion in Australia since the mid-1990s. Several national organizations, including the Australian Medical Association (AMA), have been prominent in advancing this agenda and have collected data (most of which is self-reported) on the working hours of junior doctors over the last 15 years. Overall, the available data indicate that work...

Junior doctors' working hours and the circadian rhythm of hormones.

Junior doctors and the EC draft directive on working hours.

uncertainty has surrounded the issue of confidentiality. While most doctors will respect the confidentiality of those seeking contraceptive advice, the suspicion has remained that a few, because of their personal beliefs, would breach confidentiality in the case ofsomeone under 16. The difficulty for the young person lies in distinguishing between those doctors they can and cannot trust. The co...

Junior doctors' hours: the way forward.

Two and a half years ago all the key players signed up to the principles in J7unior Doctors: The New Deal.' 2 Its central aim was that "by the end of 1994 junior doctors working in the busiest jobs will have maximum average hours of duty 72 per week."3 Initial progress seemed rapid: in the year to September 1991 the number of junior doctors contracted to work for more than 83 hours a week had h...