To the Editor: In his recent editorial,1 Van Der Weyden laments the “displacement” of doctors in modern health care by nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and bemoans the fact that discussion and debate about these matters is largely confined to medical tabloids such as Australian Doctor.
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- College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: editor@cena.org.au
- 1. Van Der Weyden MB. Whither medicine? The expansion of non-doctor practice [editorial]. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 634-635. <MJA full text>
- 2. Nurse rebate shows ignorance [letters]. Australian Doctor 2010; 22 Oct: 19.
- 3. Prescribing rights an affront [letters]. Australian Doctor 2010; 29 Oct: 23.
- 4. Carter AJ, Chochinov AH. A systematic review of the impact of nurse practitioners on cost, quality of care, satisfaction and wait times in the emergency department. CJEM 2007; 9: 286-295.
- 5. Shaban RZ, Considine J, Gerdtz M. ‘Whither inter-professional collaboration in emergency care? — Calling for symbiotic mutualism’ [editorial]. Australas Emerg Nurs J 2011; 14: 1-2.
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