To the Editor: The juxtaposition of articles by Braithwaite and colleagues1 and Ho and Maddern2 (a description of a trial of physician assistants [PAs] in Adelaide) provides an interesting contrast between what should be happening in health care and what is happening.
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- Southbank Central, Perth, WA.
Correspondence: p.hanrahan@mac.com
- 1. Braithwaite J, Skinner CA, Döéry ML. A value- based health system. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 259-262. <MJA full text>
- 2. Ho PB, Maddern GJ. Physician assistants: employing a new health provider in the South Australian health system. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 256-258. <MJA full text>
- 3. Van Der Weyden MB. Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative [editorial]? Med J Aust 2008; 189: 608-609. <MJA full text>
- 4. Brooks PM, Mitchell CA. Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative [letter]? Med J Aust 2009; 190: 396-397. <MJA full text>
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