Abstract:Koch et al. address in their letter [1] the following two aspects.Firstly, they consider the use of the term "practice nurse" an inadequate translation of the term "Medizinische Praxisassistenin (MPA)". As mentioned in our publication, there is no comparable English term for the Swiss term MPA, the German term "Medizinische Fachangestellte (MFA)" or the Austrian term "Arzthelferin". This is mainly because in most countries we have either administrative personnel in practices, named "practice secretaries", or … Show more
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