[NPInfo] "British" PAs

[Shelby Havens]

Jeffy:

You have spoken (or barked) the truth! Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Regards,

Shelby


> 
> From: Jeffrey Hazzard <jeffnp27 at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2007/02/17 Sat AM 06:45:30 EST
> To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] "British" PAs
> 
>    I don't need any "civilian", peer, or physician to say/write it to make true what I am already certain of myself!
>        We work like sled dogs and make already bloated egos and fat wallets ever more so.  Am I the only seeing the big picture, or just ahead of most???
>    
>               Jeff
> 
> Dena <galdena at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   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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