Ethical conflict in nurse practitioners and physician assistants in managed care

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-401

  Ulrich, Connie M ^a,b,c   Danis, Marion ^d   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^c   Garrett Mayer, Elizabeth ^e   Koziol, Deloris ^d   Soeken, Karen L ^f   Grady, Christine ^d  

^a Department of Health and Community Systems   (United States)

^b Center for Bioethics

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ethics; Practitioners; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751581042     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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