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Ad Hoc Panel on New Members of the Physician's Health Team, Board of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences; 1970-05-13. New members of the physician's health team : physician's assistants.

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Item ID: 4	Archives Collection: PA Program records
Item Date: 1970-05-13
Title: New members of the physician's health team : physician's assistants
Creator: Ad Hoc Panel on New Members of the Physician's Health Team, Board of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
Contributor: Stead, Eugene A., Jr. Estes, E. Harvey, Jr. Hershey, Nathan Leone, Lucile P. Williams, Bryan Yarmolinsky, Adam Ballenger, Martha
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Description: The Ad Hoc Committee report classified physician assistants according to the degree of specialization, level of clinical decision-making (judgment) and length of training. These types "are distinguished primarily by the nature of the service each is best equipped to render by virtue of the depth and breadth of their medical knowledge and experience." Accordingly, PAs are classified as Type A, Type B and Type C assistants.
Subjects: Delivery of Health Care -- manpower Program Development Interprofessional Relations Professional Competence Stead, Eugene A. Estes, Edward Harvey, 1925- Hershey, Nathan Leone, Lucile Petry, 1902- Williams, Bryan Yarmolinsky, Adam Ballenger, Martha D. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Ad Hoc Advisory Panel on New Members of the Physician's Health Team
Type: Official report	Format: Text 18 pages 6 x 9 inches orange paper cover	Language: English
Timeline Era: Implementation Period (1966 - 1972)	Dates: 1970	Geographic Coverage: United States of America; Washington, DC
Donor/Owner: Howard, D. Robert; Physician Assistant Division, Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Rights: Courtesy of the Duke University Medical Center Archives

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