A concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT from its inception at Duke University in 1965 to its position as a major force in American medicine today. “The remarkable and worldwide recognition of the PA profession as a major source of medical care in all
A concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT from its inception at Duke University in 1965 to its position as a major force in American medicine today.
“The remarkable and worldwide recognition of the PA profession as a major source of medical care in all settings makes this book a very important source of information. It provides a documented timeline of the birth and development of the profession, and of the physicians, nurses, educators and pioneer physician assistants who believed in the profession, and by their diligence and foresight, made all of this possible.”
—E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD Former Chair and Professor Emeritus Community and Family Medicine Duke University Medical Center
“This remarkable book brings the Physician Assistant and MEDEX alive through a detailed history and recognition of the leaders who made this new profession possible and so successful.”
—Richard Smith, MD, MPH Founder of the MEDEX Program
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