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The European working time directive for doctors in training was strongly criticized by a correspondent who suggested the policy could negatively impact the quality of surgical care.
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Criticism of EWTD risks to surgical training remains opinion-based; leaves open the policy's true effects on care quality.
Editor—The gloating editorial by Pickersgill, the chairperson of the BMA's Junior Doctors Committee, convinces me that the BMJ is now the magazine for the coffee table of the politically active lily-livered doctors who populate the NHS.1 The smile will be wiped off Pickersgill's face if ever he is unfortunate enough to need an operation.
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David M Scott-Coombes (2002) studied this question. The European working time directive for doctors in training was strongly criticized by a correspondent who suggested the policy could negatively impact the quality of surgical care.
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