Biomaterial Database

A new health professional-the orthopedic assistant. 1971

J H Hensley, and N B Chernok, and V L Purlia, and C E Calbert

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009518	New York	State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
D009985	Orthopedics	A specialty which utilizes medical, surgical, and physical methods to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.
D010820	Physicians	Individuals licensed to practice medicine.	Physician
D010823	Physician Assistants	Health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. Duties may include physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of disease, interpretation of tests, assist in surgery, and prescribe medications. (from http://www.aapa.orglabout-pas accessed 2114/2011)	Doctor's Assistant,Feldsher,Feldshers,Physician Assistant,Physicians' Assistants,Physicians' Extender,Physicians' Extenders,Doctor's Assistants,Assistant, Doctor's,Assistant, Physicians',Assistants, Doctor's,Assistants, Physician,Assistants, Physicians',Doctor Assistant,Doctor Assistants,Doctors Assistant,Extender, Physicians',Extenders, Physicians',Physician Extender,Physician Extenders,Physician's Assistants,Physician's Extender,Physician's Extenders,Physicians Assistants,Physicians Extender,Physicians' Assistant
D002140	California	State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D006280	Health Workforce	The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization.	Health Manpower,Health Occupations Manpower,Manpower, Health,Manpower, Health Occupations,Workforce, Health
D006782	Hospitals, Special	Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service.	Special Hospital,Hospital, Special,Special Hospitals
D012423	Rural Health	The status of health in rural populations.	Health, Rural
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014492	United States Public Health Service	A constituent organization of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES concerned with protecting and improving the health of the nation.	Public Health Service (U.S.),USPHS,Public Health Service,United States. Public Health Service