McTernan E J
Med J Aust. 1976 Nov 13;2(20):760-3.
Non-physician primary care providers (physicians' assistants) have existed in under-developed or emerging nations, in various forms, for many years. It is only recently, however, that this concept has been introduced into countries with more advanced economic and medical care systems. An active and rapidly developing physician's assistant movement has been organized in the United States since the early 1960s; physician's assistants and nurse practitioners may now be found in the almost every one of the 50 United States. Recently, this kind of concept has been suggested as a possibility for improving the Australian medical care system. This article explores the history and present status of the physician's assistant/nurse practitioner movement in the American medical care scene.
多年来，非医师初级保健提供者（医师助理）已在欠发达国家或新兴国家以各种形式存在。然而，直到最近，这一概念才被引入经济和医疗保健系统更为先进的国家。自20世纪60年代初以来，美国已组织起了一场活跃且迅速发展的医师助理运动；如今在美国50个州中几乎每个州都能找到医师助理和执业护士。最近，有人提议将这种概念作为改善澳大利亚医疗保健系统的一种可能性。本文探讨了美国医疗保健领域中医师助理/执业护士运动的历史和现状。
