Feeble ASA Defense

Another viewpoint on this "debate"...that seems more ridiculous than useful.
Fighting Darwin - Myth: CRNA = MD/DO

A blog by an anesthesiologist who mentions the attempt at a defense put up by ASA regarding a study showing CRNAs provide equivalent care.
Great Zs - Feeble Defense

In another blog post Z MD responds to a CRNA who says "Anesthesiology value lies in critical care/intensivist role, clinical anesthesia does not routinely require the level of education mandated by ASA/ABA"

Z MD: "I wonder if it's even that much. Pulmonologists are very active in the critical care field and any surgeon will tell you that surgeons make the best post operative intensivists. Really the only function unique to anesthesiologists is Regional or Pain. If not for legislative obstacles the CRNAs are trying to infiltrate those fields too."