THE doctor is the person licensed by the state to diagnose and treat disease. He has always had helpers: nurses, administrators, technicians, physiotherapists, dietitians and social workers. These persons have been responsible for facilitating the arrangements for the flow of patients, for meeting the physical needs of sick people and for carrying out, under his direction, a variety of examinations and treatments. In most states, the doctors, registered nurses and practical nurses are the only licensed members of the health team.The health team has not been structured to allow free movement among the various classes of workers. Qualifying as . . .
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Eugene A. Stead (1967) studied this question.