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Lifestyle: Sleep deprivation affects physician perception of patient pain

Sleep deprivation affects physician perception of patient pain (File Photo)

Columbia (US): 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.

The findings of the research were published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’.

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