Can a physician's assistant be considered a substitute for a physician?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Goolsby v. Ridge, Civil No. 09cv02654 WQH (RBB) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
Supp. 801, 809 (D. Tex. 1998) (stating because the plaintiff was seen by nurses and not a physician does not violate the Constitution); see also Hayes v. Smith, No. CV04-62 0-S-EJL, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61306, at *15 (D. Idaho Aug. 21, 2007) (finding that a physician's assistant was available to examine the prisoner and that the inmate was not entitled to select the medical care provider of his choice).
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