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December 2021

A Title Fight Pits Physician Assistants Against Doctors

After 23 years as a physician assistant, Leslie Clayton remains rankled by one facet of her vocation: its title. Specifically, the word “assistant.” Patients have asked if she’s heading to medical school or in the middle of it.…

New California Law Eases Aid-in-Dying Process

During her three-year battle with breast cancer, my wife, Leslie, graciously endured multiple rounds of horrifically toxic treatment to eke out more time with our two young children. But after 18 cancer-free months, the disease…

Meet Washington’s newest state senator

From Morf Morford Tacoma daily index You haven't seen her name or face on any campaign sign or flyer in your mail, but through a series of (relatively) unexpected events and some (again, relatively) quick decisions, a new Senator has been…