Physician Assistants - A solution to wait times in Canada?

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 38-42

  Ashton, Chris W ^a   Aiken, Alice ^b   Duffie, Denise ^a  

^a Queen's University in Kingston ^*

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CANADA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34748873422     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60514-5     Document Type: Article

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