I can imagine how that is for the specifics, but what is the response from the medical community on sleep? We know it's damaging to be sleep deprived and that hurts patients and medical staff. We also know that being sleep deprived craters ability to do _any_ job after far less than the 18-24 hour shifts that medical staff are routinely working.
Why is this ok is medicine and not any other type of human endeavor?
You are conflating two separate issues. Sleep deprivation in doctors is an entirely different question to that of patients sleeping while admitted into hospital.
>what is the response from the medical community on sleep?
I can't answer such a general question.
>Why is this ok is medicine and not any other type of human endeavor?
It would be impossible to cover this without hitting a significant word count. It's also depends on the country. In the UK at least it's certainly a political hot potato.
Why is this ok is medicine and not any other type of human endeavor?