Can physician assistants be effective in the UK?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-348

  Stewart, Antony ^a,c   Catanzaro, Rachel ^b  

^a North Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Glebefields Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Birmingham East and North PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Physician assistant; Primary care; Secondary care; Standards

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; STANDARD; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844491160     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-4-344     Document Type: Review

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