Book Review: Challenging Operations: Medical Reform and Resistance in Surgery
Author Katherine C. Kellogg Publisher: University of Chicago Press – 230 pages Book Review by Paiso Jamakar The author Katherine C. Kellogg, an associate professor of organization studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, observed for about two and a half years, staff surgeons and residents working in three hospitals, as part of the implementation of a regulation on work hour limits. This intensive observation program followed a stern action by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandating a reduction in resident work hours from as many as 120 to eighty per week to protect patient safety,...
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