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Hospital doctors' work
EDITOR,--Peter Jackson emphasises that doctors should be well supported by managers, who must share responsibility for patient care and medical training.1 Results of a survey which we conducted on British trained preregistration house officers in West Midlands in 1993 lend further weight to Jackson's comments. Of 196 respondents (an 84% response rate) only 36% of preregistration house officers reported thatthey felt supported by managers.Before a universal move to shift systems can be recommended, we must look at the consequences of these work patterns. Our work, based on small numbers, suggests that a partial shift system may be worse for preregistration house officers' physical health (as shown by stress) than is a full shift system, but a partial shift system may lead to better job satisfaction among senior house officers than a rota system.
The Doctors Tale also reported that doctors are unclear of what is expected of them, that
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