title: Comparisons of American, Israeli, Italian and Mexican physicians and nurses on the total and factor scores of the Jefferson scale of attitudes toward physician-nurse collaborative relationships.
abstract: This cross-cultural study was designed to compare the attitudes of physicians and nurses toward physician-nurse collaboration in the United States, Israel, Italy and Mexico. Total participants were 2522 physicians and nurses who completed the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (15 Likert-type items, (Hojat et al., Evaluation and the Health Professions 22 (1999a) 208; Nursing Research 50 (2001) 123). They were compared on the total scores and four factors of the Jefferson Scale (shared education and team work, caring as opposed to curing, nurses, autonomy, physicians' dominance). Results showed inter- and intra-cultural similarities and differences among the study groups providing support for the social role theory (Hardy and Conway, Role Theory: Perspectives for Health Professionals, Appelton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1978) and the principle of least interest (Waller and Hill, The Family: A Dynamic Interpretation, Dryden, New York, 1951) in inter-professional relationships. Implications for promoting physician-nurse education and inter-professional collaboration are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. mohammadreza.hojat@mail.tju.edu
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hojat
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gonnella
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Nasca
authors.forename: Sylvia K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: Americo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cicchetti
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lo Scalzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taroni
authors.forename: Anna Maria Vincenza
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Amicosante
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macinati
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tangucci
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liva
authors.forename: Gualtiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Admi
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geva
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mashiach
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alroy
authors.forename: Adelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcorta-Gonzalez
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010819:Physician's Role; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States