What is in a Name? Implications of a Title Change From Physician Assistant to Physician Associate

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Kathleen E Spitz et al. Dermatol Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;48(7):703.

doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000003461. Epub 2022 Apr 25.

¹ All authors are affiliated with the Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

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