Long hours of work in junior doctors.

Junior Doctors' Hours

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...

Hours of work and fatigue in doctors.

Implications of shift work for junior doctors.

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...