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Volume 348:664-666 February 13, 2003 Number 7
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Residents' Work Hours

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To the Editor: In his Health Policy Report on the debate over residents' work hours (Oct. 17 issue),1 Steinbrook notes that "for teaching hospitals, the work-hour limits are an unfunded mandate." Although many argue that such limitations may adversely affect the training experience or, perversely, even patient care, it is clear that much of the concern is related to the anticipated cost of compliance. Dissatisfaction, depression, divorce, impairment, and suicide among residents are the cost of the status quo.

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