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Was there ever a golden age for junior doctors?
Generational divide over junior doctors must stop
BMJ 2016; 354 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4071 (Published 26 July 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;354:i4071- Adam Staten, GP registrar
- New Malden, UK
- adamstaten{at}doctors.org.uk
There are many reasons why the European Working Time Directive has been damaging to life as a junior doctor, but perhaps the saddest is that it has created a generational divide within medicine. The fact that hospitals all over the country have produced spreadsheets implying that their junior doctors work a maximum of 48 hours a week …
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