# Medical assistants { "id": "S85082868", "title": "Medical assistants", "url": "/topics/S85082868", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "91f12f7732e692c7", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "10090385351047791172", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 20, 18699, 53248 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on personnel who perform administrative and clerical duties in a physician's office and may assist in routine clinical procedures. Works on personnel qualified to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the responsibility and supervision of a physician are entered under [Physicians' assistants.] Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082868 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.