[NPInfo] "British" PAs

[Dena]

If the observation is true, why would it be "abuse and exploitive to speak
of them in that manner"? Possibly the GP had actually seen this occur or
heard about it and was remarking on the situation. It would then be fact
(and I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it was!! How many of us have had a
day or two like that????). I'm sorry, I guess I just don't understand why
someone would be pissed off at the poor British GP for making this
statement. I'd be pissed off at 1) the PA's employer for and the deplorable
working conditions and 2) the PA for doing it in the first place! 
Dena Galler

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Carla Anderson
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:49 PM
To: NP Info
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] "British" PAs

It is abuse and exploitive to not only have the person working like that,
but also to speak of them in that manner, if that is truly what was said.
Carla/Portland


Interesting comment from a physician's column in London's Guardian
newspaper.

³And I recently heard a GP describe how one US trained physician assistant
had replaced two and a half GPs in his practice. "How could that be?" I
asked. "It's a matter of culture," he answered. "The physician assistant
starts at nine and sees patents continuously until six, snatching her lunch
in a few moments."
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