Physician associates in the United States

Salisbury cites the avoidable death of a woman reportedly misdiagnosed by a physician associate (PA).1 The patient presented with “obvious symptoms of deep vein thrombosis and a pulmonary embolus.” The inference is that the patient died because the clinician who evaluated her was ill trained, inexperienced, poorly supervised, and misrepresented her profession to the patient. The role of PA is not regulated in the United Kingdom, and there is no statutory …