COMMENT & CONTROVERSY

Limitations on work hours make residents and patients safer

“Fatigue: It’s a fickle member of the obstetrical team,” by Robert L. Barbieri, MD (Editorial, December 2007)

I trained in the era of 36-hour call every third to fourth night and 120-hour work-weeks in residency. I had four young children, including a toddler. My husband picked up the oldest three kids, but I would swing by the day-care center for my youngest child on my way home from work.