Does familiarity breed respect? Physician attitudes toward nurse practitioners in a medically underserved state

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Street, Debra ^a   Cossman, Jeralynn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare collaboration; Interprofessional relations; Nurse practitioners; Physicians; Primary care; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MISSISSIPPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955412232     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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