Physician Assistants in American Medicine, 1e
February 16, 2014 - Comment
A comprehensive guide to the role of physician assistants in American healthcare. The text describes physician assistants in the context of the broad range of healthcare delivery. It contains more than 700 references to guide the user to more in-depth reading. The authors both trained as physician assistants when the profession began (the mid-70s) and
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Must Read This book was very helpful to me. It helped make up my mind about what career path to pursue. The authors give insight into the history and future of the PA profession. They give numerous charts and graphs showing statistics on the PA profession as compared to other professions. I especially found it helpful that they compared the Nurse Practitioner to the Physician Assistant, which are two very closely related professions. Before having read this book, I was pretty sure I wanted to…
The quintessential resource for the PA Profession 0
The most clearly written and comprehensive book about PAs This book provided a fascinating and educational read about the Physician Assistant (PA) profession. It included information about history, development, current status, educational process, clinical roles, legal aspects, financial aspects and future direction. The book was remarkably comprehensive, clear and concise, citing hundreds extensively researched studies. As a graduate student in PA studies, the book was of special interest to me. However, the thorough exploration of the dynamic…