Connect
MJA
MJA

Whither medicine? The expansion of non-doctor practice

Brendan F Murphy
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02994.x
Published online: 21 March 2011

To the Editor: I found Van Der Weyden’s editorial “Whither medicine? The expansion of non-doctor practice”1 to be an unduly negative view of the emerging new clinical roles, such as nurse practitioners, in our health system.


  • Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.



Competing interests:

I am on the Board of Health Workforce Australia.

  • 1. Van Der Weyden MB. Whither medicine? The expansion of non-doctor practice [editorial]. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 634-635. <MJA full text>

Author

remove_circle_outline Delete Author
add_circle_outline Add Author

Comment
Do you have any competing interests to declare? *

I/we agree to assign copyright to the Medical Journal of Australia and agree to the Conditions of publication *
I/we agree to the Terms of use of the Medical Journal of Australia *
Email me when people comment on this article

Online responses are no longer available. Please refer to our instructions for authors page for more information.