Solving the recruitment crisis in UK general practice: Time to consider physician assistants?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-89

  Gavin, Mike ^a   Esmail, Aneez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; NHS; Physican assistant (PA); Primary care; Recruitment and retention; Refugee doctors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; LABOR SUPPLY; SOCIAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036190463     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00271     Document Type: Article

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