Moonlighting House Officers

Robert R. Thompson; Anand Karnad; Marcia Divoll; James F. Holzer; John S. Gould; Arthur J. Moss

doi:10.1056/NEJM198503283121320

Moonlighting House Officers

Robert R. Thompson, Anand Karnad, Marcia Divoll, James F. Holzer, John S. Gould, Arthur J. Moss

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Abstract

To the Editor: The Sounding Board article by Dr. Moss (Nov. 22 issue)* neglects at least one dimension of the moonlighting problem. Today's residents and fellows are less able to care for the plethora of medical problems encountered in a community-hospital emergency room — a common moonlighting situation. I practice in a rural area in proximity to a major teaching center, and to make the call schedule bearable, six of my colleagues and I engage residents to cover the emergency room in our small hospital from Friday night through Monday morning and on holidays. In another nearby community, residents have.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	862-864
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	312
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198503283121320
State	Published - Mar 28 1985
Externally published	Yes

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