The Australian June 19, 2008 [Mike Steketee]

Elissa O'Keefe is a nurse practitioner in sexual health with a masters degree and more than 10 years' education to her credit. But if she decides one of her patients in Canberra needs a particular medicine, she has to send them to a doctor to get a prescription, even though the doctor in most cases will know less about the health issues involved than O'Keefe.

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