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60. The Doctor Is Out. The Physician Assistant Is In.

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Physician Assistants

Perry Morgan is a professor and researcher at Duke University. She's also a physician assistant, though not for long. We are changing our names to physician associate, but fortunately we're still PA's so that makes it a little bit easier. The name change was approved in the spring of 2021 by what is now known as the American Academy of Physician Associates. It might still be a while until people like Perry officially call themselves physician associates instead of assistants.

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