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Burdened by training not by anaesthesia
Bristol, UK
E-mail: rkperry@doctors.org.uk
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Editor—Larsson and colleagues1 have investigated important but often ignored aspects of anaesthetic practice. However, they imply that specialist anaesthetists experience reduced levels of stress when compared with trainees because they have developed successful coping mechanisms over the years. This conclusion cannot be drawn because the specialists' attitudes to work were identified at a particular time and cannot show a progression in learned coping abilities. To demonstrate the development of these skills, the specialists would have had to be interviewed
Uppsala, Sweden
* E-mail: jan@trolin.net