The following is an extract from Minerva BMJ 26th May 2001
"A two year follow up of 447 Finnish hospital doctors and their senior nurse
controls has found that the doctors took about one third of the amount of
sick leave taken by their controls. But there were no differences in health
outcomes, self rated health status, and the prevalence of chronic illness
between the two groups (Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2001;58:361-6). Poor teamwork seems to contribute more to doctors'
absenteeism than overwork or low job control."
Perhaps team working needs to be on the medical undergraduate curriculum?
Ray McGlone
Lancaster A&E
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