title: Case management: ambiguous at best.
abstract: This article defines case management with an emphasis on the functions and providers of various case management models. Nursing Case Management delivery system is compared with several other models of case management. The potential role for the nurse practitioner in case management is discussed as well as ethical pitfalls that are attributed to various case management models.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Brault
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kissinger
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team