1. The new role of physician assistant.
- Author
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Robinson, Francesca
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OCCUPATIONAL roles , *PHYSICIANS' assistants - Abstract
The article presents a discussion about the role of the physician assistant during the 2009 annual conference at the Royal College of General Practitioners in Glasgow, Scotland. Neil Erickson, president of the Association of Physician Assistants in Great Britain explained that they are autonomous healthcare practitioners but have to be supervised by a doctor. Nurse practitioners are concerned that practice nurses are being replaced by alternatives with similar skills and asked why there is a need to introduce another level of healthcare practitioners.
- Published
- 2009