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I have always believed that my late DH's years of shift work shortened his life. Some professions require people to be on duty around the clock, of course. However, no individual should be subjected to constant shift changes!
Medicine has all this knowledge, but makes young doctors put in shifts as long as 48 hours. I am convinced that these inhuman long shifts are responsible for damaging and even deadly errors on patients.
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I have always believed that my late DH's years of shift work shortened his life. Some professions require people to be on duty around the clock, of course. However, no individual should be subjected to constant shift changes!
Medicine has all this knowledge, but makes young doctors put in shifts as long as 48 hours. I am convinced that these inhuman long shifts are responsible for damaging and even deadly errors on patients.