Clinical ethics

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Introduction Every clinical and public health decision has ethical components that are at times difficult to recognize and process. As John Glaser noted, there are “no ethics free zones.” ,…

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Professionalism

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Introduction Trust between the patient and clinician is central to the therapeutic relationship. Without this requisite level of trust, patients will not reveal information about themselves nor will they follow…

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International clinical rotations

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Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to provide physician assistant (PA) students interested in international clinical education with an overview of international clinical rotations (ICRs) to facilitate decision making…

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Other surgical subspecialties

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Introduction Patients who require subspecialty surgical care may be referred to the surgeon by a primary care provider (PCP), a medical specialist, or another surgeon. Physician assistants (PAs) now work…

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Other medical subspecialties

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Introduction This chapter aims to prepare students for clinical rotations in medical subspecialties, such as rheumatology, endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, nephrology, infectious disease, and gastroenterology. Patient approach Typically, a patient is…

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Orthopedics

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Introduction Orthopedic medicine offers physician assistants (PAs) unique opportunities to practice team-based medicine at a high level. As a result of the opportunities in orthopedics, as well as the value…

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