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A letter to the editor discussing misconceptions about the European Union's draft directive on restrictions on junior doctors' hours of work, specifically concerning neurosurgery training in Britain.
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Discusses the implications of the European Union's draft directive on working hours for junior doctors, particularly concerning neurosurgery training standards in Britain.
EDITOR, - I wish to correct some misconceptions that may arise from Jesper Poulsen's editorial on the European Union's draft directive on restrictions on hours of work.1 In neurosurgery, pressure to maintain an 83 hour week comes from both trainees and seniors. This is because continental Europeans are not trained to a standard equivalent to that in Britain. Britain has an accreditation process that assesses trainees and a system that approves training programmes. Clinical experience is viewed as fundamentally important to …
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Paul Eldridge (1994) conducted a letter in Junior doctors' hours. A letter to the editor discussing misconceptions about the European Union's draft directive on restrictions on junior doctors' hours of work, specifically concerning neurosurgery training in Britain.
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