title: Working together in the best interest of patients.
abstract: The findings by Peterson et al. show that over half of all family physicians work with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives. While tensions surrounding leadership of teams remain an issue, there are many systems problems that all primary care providers need to face together. This commentary presents the challenges we need to address in order to keep the focus of our care on the patient.
authors: School of Nursing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA. jejohns@gwu.edu
authors: Jean E
authors: JE
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008880:Midwifery / Q000639:trends*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000639:trends*