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Collaboration Between Nurses and Physicians
Author(s) -
Baggs Judith G.,
Schmitt Madeline H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1988.tb00055.x
Subject(s) - psychology , term (time) , key (lock) , work (physics) , nursing , medical education , medicine , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , engineering
Collaboration between nurses and physicians has emerged as a result of recent research as a key variable in explaining patient outcomes from intensive care. However, the term has lacked a generally accepted definition, and this creates problems for new research. The use of the term in studies related to collaborative practice is reviewed here. Content areas for an instrument that could be used to examine collaborative work are suggested.