Turf battles are best left to the insecure, and I don't believe that family physicians generally fall into this category. You know what you do, and you do it well. Many family physicians also know what nurse practitioners do, and we want to work collaboratively with you. I know it. My patients know it.
Family physicians know it.
We need to lobby for supervised practice arrangements and against prescribing privileges. If we don't, we may soon find ourselves priced out of a job. With the passing of time and the increased availability of diagnostic tools, medicine has become big business, and there is less time for individual compassion. We have become money-oriented businessmen in the eyes of the public. They take the time to listen to patients, which used to be the secret of our success.