Physician assistants
Subtitle: policy and practice
By: Roderick S. Hooker, James F. Cawley, David Asprey.
Contributors: Hooker, Roderick S.; Cawley, James F.; Asprey, David P.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: F. A. Davis Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803618121
Subjects: Physicians' assistants -- United States; Physician Assistants -- United States; Interprofessional Relations -- United States; Professional Role -- United States
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Physician assistants in American medicine / Roderick S. Hooker, James F. Cawley. 2nd ed. c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview of the profession; title: Development of the profession; title: Current status : a profile of the physician assistant profession; title: Entry-level physician assistant education; title: Postgraduate physician assistant education programs; title: Physician assistants in primary care; title: Physician assistant specialization : nonprimary care; title: Physician assistants in hospital settings; title: Physician assistants in rural health; title: Other professional roles for physician assistants; title: Economic assessment of physician assistants; title: Physician assistant professional relationships; title: Legislation and policy; title: Legal issues of physician assistant practice; title: Professional and workforce Issues; title: Physician assistant professional organizations; title: Physician assistants in the federal workforce; title: Global expansion of the physician assistant concept; title: Future directions of the physician assistant profession.