Provinces testing physician assistants to stretch dwindling doctor numbers
                   
canoe.ca     May 10, 2008            

EDMONTON - After they spend about 10 minutes with him in the emergency room, Jack Buchanan's patients often end up calling him doctor. ... Physician assistants are one way that governments across Canada could stretch the dwindling number of family doctors and specialists... [read full story]                

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