Long shifts, nights on call take toll on surgeons

My lede:

The more hours surgeons work each week, the more depressed and burned out they are, according to newly published survey data.

Surgeons working 80 hours or more a week had the most problems. Nearly 40% reported being depressed, and more than 10% said they made a major medical error in the last three months, said the study, published in the November Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Nearly two-thirds of the surgeons who worked 80 hours a week said they had conflicts between work and personal obligations in the last three weeks.

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