Physician assistants want to be called physician associates, but doctors cry foul

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Leslie Clayton, a physician assistant in Minnesota, says a name change for her profession is long overdue. "We don

PAs say the new title would clarify that they work in a team and don't require oversight by M.D.s. Doctors say it obscures the fact that PAs have less education and training than physicians.

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