Welcome to CDC stacks |
Stacks Logo
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
Help
Clear All Simple Search
Advanced Search
Need for statutory legitimation of the roles of physician's assistants
  • Published Date:
    1974 Jan-Feb
  • Source:
    Health Serv Rep. 89(1):31-36
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.12 MB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Health Serv Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Barkin, Roger M.
  • Description:
    A significant constraint on new categories of health manpower is the absence of statutory legitimation of their roles. Licensure has been evolved as an effort to assure high-quality health care, but recently it has been a barrier to effective and innovative use of manpower. Medical and Nurse Practice Acts generally define the practices of medicine and nursing, but they do not define clearly the scope of these practices. Thus, these acts subject physicians to undue risks in delegating responsibilities and Type A assistants (nurses or non-nurses with special training) to undue risks in accepting those functions. Furthermore, only vague guidelines are provided to protect the public and to assure adequate quality control. To date, 35 States have enacted legislation to provide statutory legitimation of Type A assisants and to permit physicians to delegate appropriate responsibilities to new types of health manpower. It is hoped that this legislation will diminish barriers to effective use of health manpower.

  • Subject:
  • Pubmed ID:
    4150002
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Supporting Files:
    No Additional Files
You May Also Like:
  1. Health Serv Rep
    Published Date:
    Jan-Feb 1974
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 287.18 KB]
  2. Health Serv Rep
    Published Date:
    Jan-Feb 1974
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.21 MB]
  3. Public Health Rep
    Published Date:
    Nov-Dec 1974
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.55 MB]
  4. State legislation for physician's assistants. A review and analysis.
    Personal Author:
    Dean, W J
    Published Date:
    Jan 1973
    Source:
    Health Serv Rep. 88(1):3-12
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.48 MB]
  5. Legal regulation of health manpower in the 1970's.
    Personal Author:
    Roemer, R.
    Published Date:
    Dec 1971
    Source:
    HSMHA Health Rep. 86(12):1053-1063
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.88 MB]