What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
While perusing articles on health care in the medical literature as well as in the lay press, I frequently run across the misnomer “physician's assistant.” (Reader, take note of that terminal “apostrophe s.”) What the editor really means, of course, is “physician assistant,” the designated title for the PA profession. more»
Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatrics as a Physician Assistant for thirty years. His "Marginal Notes" column appears periodically in the Cell2Soul Blog. The title "Marginal Notes" is taken from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "I love a broad margin to my life."