Named Groups

Physician Assistants

Health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. Duties may include physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of disease, interpretation of tests, assist in surgery, and prescribe medications. (from http://www.aapa.orglabout-pas accessed 2114/2011)

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Abstract

Health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. Duties may include physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of disease, interpretation of tests, assist in surgery, and prescribe medications. (from http://www.aapa.orglabout-pas accessed 2114/2011)

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Synonyms

26 entry terms
  • Doctor's Assistant
  • Doctor's Assistants
  • Physician Assistant
  • Physicians' Assistants
  • Physicians' Extender
  • Physicians' Extenders
  • Assistant, Doctor's
  • Assistant, Physicians'
  • Assistants, Doctor's
  • Assistants, Physician
  • Assistants, Physicians'
  • Doctor Assistant
  • Doctor Assistants
  • Doctors Assistant
  • Extender, Physicians'
  • Extenders, Physicians'
  • Physician Extender
  • Physician Extenders
  • Physician's Assistants
  • Physician's Extender
  • Physician's Extenders
  • Physicians Assistants
  • Physicians Extender
  • Physicians' Assistant
  • Feldsher
  • Feldshers

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specialty (IM); PARAMEDICS see ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL is available

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History Note

95; was PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS 1971-94

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Manpower (1968-1970)
  • Physicians (1968-1970)

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  1. M01w.526.485.067.740w
  2. N02.360.067.740w

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NLM Classification

W 21.5

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Physician Assistants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010823
  2. Physician Assistants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician_assistant
  3. Physician Assistants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718927