Public Health Papers - An Intermediate Level of Health Care Personnel

Kitap : Public Health Papers - An Intermediate Level of Health Care Personnel

Dil : İngilizce

Bölüm : Sosyal Hekimlik

Yayın Yeri : Geneva

ISBN : 92 4 130060 4

Cilt : 60

Yayın Tarihi : 1974

Yayıncı : World Health Organization WHO

Tür : Kitap

Kitap No : 3318

İÇİNDEKİLER


CONTENTS

Preface........
Introduction by Milo D. Leavitt, Jr......
Address by Halfdan Mahler
Opening statement by Abraham Horwitz
Purposes of the conference-Daniel Flahault
Health services in the USA: Trends in the education and training of
health personnel-Leonard D. Fenninger
Definition of terms-Douglas Fenderson
Discussion
principal training programmes in the USA
Physician's assistant-physician's associate-E. Harvey Estes, Jr
Nurse practitioner, child health associate, and primary care medical practitioner
-Henry K. Silver.........
MEDEX-Richard A. Smith........
The community health medic in Indian America-Jerry Bathke.
medical assistants in the USA as viewed by the professions
The physician's view-Malcolm Todd
The nurse's view-Lucy Conant
GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Roles for the medical assistant
Training..........
Career status
Acceptance, public and professional
assurance of quality, competence, and accountability
Accreditation- William K. Selden.......
Legal aspects-Blair Sadler
Discussion
epilogue
The principal accomplishments of programmes-Edwin F. Rosinski The principal obstacles and problems-Leonard D. Fenninger The future prospect-Daniel Flahault . . .
Bibliography..........
Annex: List of participants . . . . . .