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kleinbl00 · 1958 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Doctor Monopoly is Killing American Patients
William Halstead was a coke fiend who said that medical residents should practice like coke fiends in order to get their skills up. He's been dead for 97 years yet the AMA clings to standards and practices that kill 200,000 patients per year. Here's how the EU does it: ...yet medical outcomes in Europe have been consistently better for decades. a maximum work week of 48 hours a minimum rest period of 11 consecutive hours per 24-hour duty a minimum rest period of 24 hours per 7-day duty, or 48 hours of rest per 14-day duty a minimum of 4 weeks of paid annual leave a maximum of 8 hours’ work in any 24 hours for workers in stressful positions a minimum 20-minute rest period per 6 hours worked