The Graveyard Shift

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Certain occupations lend itself more readily to the wee hours of the morning whilst others are better-suited for the ‘night owl’ type of person. One of the most prominent examples would be a surgeon — a person who is typically on call 24 hours, specially if they belong to an emergency department. Recent media attention has turned to the deaths of several notable surgeons, which makes one at once admire yet remain curious about the levels of burnout…