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Physicians are 20 to 30 per cent less likely to prescribe an analgesic during nightshifts (compared to daytime shifts) and prescribed fewer painkillers than wer
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Under-prescription of pain medications occurs during night shifts, according to a study published online June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Ph.D., from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and colleagues explored the timing of physicians' work as a previously unrecognized
A recent international study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and researchers in Israel found that sleep-deprived doctors show less empathy for patient distress and that this impression affects their prescribing behaviours.