title: New alliances: nursing's bright future.
abstract: The health care system is undergoing tremendous change. Managed care and its several incentives probably represent only an intermediate step in an unstable evolution. Equilibrium will no doubt appear with new alliances, particularly between medicine and nursing. Nurses and physicians charting a path of collaboration will ensure patients a broader set of services and high-quality care.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Mundinger
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*