September 15, 2000
Cutting Back to an 80-Hour Week
Government crackdowns and concern about patient safety spur changes in doctors' training
If Anish Khanna seems to have an extra spring in his step, it may be because he worked only 75 hours last week. That's a leisurely schedule for a resident in internal medicine.
Until his hospital beefed up its night staff, he sometimes worked 100 hours a week as a resident at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Some shifts stretched as long as 34
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