Re: Re: Re: BLS Daily Report

[Margaret Coleman <drmsecon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, but Physicians Assistants make more, on average, than nurses and can go
into practice for themselves.  Also, at least for women, PAs often provide
better care than MDs -- for ex., PAs are midwives and provide routine
gynecological care.  I went to a PA for years instead of a gyno, and she
pulled me through a couple of problems the gynos couldn't identify.  Also, PAs
are frequently trained in abortion and can provide services in a doctors
office in many places where there are absolutely no other service providers
available. maggie coleman

Jim Devine wrote:

> Some nursing jobs have been taken over by Physicians' Assistants, who are
> basically low-paid MDs.
>
> At 12:17 PM 2/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >Part time nurses under temporary contracts are doing quite well, although
> >hospitals are downgrading many traditional nursing jobs to have
> >non-professionals take over.
> >--
> >
> >Michael Perelman
> >Economics Department
> >California State University
> >michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Chico, CA 95929
> >530-898-5321
> >fax 530-898-5901
>
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine