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. 1981 Aug;71(8):853–855. doi: 10.2105/ajph.71.8.853

The quality of medical care delivered by lay practitioners in a feminist clinic.

L S Elhai
PMCID: PMC1620004  PMID: 7258450

Abstract

The completion of essential components of patient encounters by lay paramedics in a feminist clinic was compared to that of nurse practitioners in a student health gynecology clinic using explicit criteria for the gynecological annual examination and the examination for vulvo-vaginitis. According to evidence charted in medical records, the lay paramedics conducted patient encounters as well as the nurse practitioners, with the exception that the lay paramedics consulted more frequently.

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