The Quality of Medical Care Delivered by Lay Practitioners in a Feminist Clinic.

MEDICAL care education; DISEASES in women; PUBLIC health; MEDICAL informatics; NURSING; WOMEN'S rights; FEMINISM; NURSE-patient relationships; MEDICAL records

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 valvo-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. (Am J Public Health 1981: 71:853-855.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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