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Provinces Testing Physician Assistants to Stretch Dwindling Doctor Numbers
redorbit.com May 10, 2008
By Shannon Montgomery, THE CANADIAN PRESS 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...
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