title: Nurse-physician collaboration: a comparison of the attitudes of nurses and physicians in the medical-surgical patient care setting.
abstract: Past literature reveals the multiple dimensions of the nurse-physician relationship. The current study was conducted within medical-surgical units of a major medical center in the South to determine attitudes of nurses and physicians regarding their collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009341:Negativism; D009657:North Carolina; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012930:Social Dominance; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires