Physician assistants and nurse practitioners: the United States experience

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Hooker, RS [1 ]
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[1] Dallas VA Med Ctr, Dept Vet Affairs Med Serv, Dallas, TX 75216 USA
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10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00438.x
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In the United States, medical care has evolved to be a role shared between doctors and non-physician clinicians physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). These non-physician clinicians were introduced in 1967 and provide services that overlap with the traditional roles of doctors.(1,2) In the following, I discuss this task transfer and the characteristics of PAs and NPs.
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