[NPInfo] Reply to Carla and others Names and other names

[David Mittman]

Thank you Shelby. It is a name that was certainly picked as a political
statement. I know you know our name was Associate at first. Kind of like the
word supervision. BUT those words allowed us to establish a profession over
the last 40 years. In 1970 and 1972, etc we would have been crushed warring
over those words. 
It is what it is, FOR NOW.
Thank you so much for your kind words of support. They mean much to me.
Dave

On 9/5/07 9:22 PM, "Shelby Havens" <shelbyhavens at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dave:
> 
> It just seems to me, as I mellow in my old age (I'll be 50 next year), that
> as long as we are playing on the MDs' turf we will have to be identified
> with them, in some form or fashion, at least to some extent. The title
> "physician assistant" shows who you are in relation to physicians, under
> their political thumbs, and that's just where they want you. It sucks.
> Totally.
> 
> If you find a way around this situation, please let me know, and I will
> gladly jump on the bandwagon to help you make it happen. I will be you
> strongest supporter.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Shelby Havens, ARNP
> 
>