title: Autonomous practitioner or handmaiden?
authors.affiliation: Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D017009:Professional Autonomy