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The interface between medicine and nursing has become a frequent topic of debate and has captured broad public interest.1 The recent debate has focused on nurses' increasing dissatisfaction with hospital practice, including their relationships with physicians. Physicians have raised questions about the appropriate roles for nurses, given the rapid increase in the number of practicing physicians. Unfortunately, the debate has often focused on the diverging interests and competitive strain between nursing and medicine, which is unnecessarily exaggerated and diverts attention from the core areas of health care in which doctors and nurses who work together can promote their mutual interests . . .
Mechanic et al. (Thu,) studied this question.