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BACKGROUND. Lower respiratory infections (LRI) are an important cause of morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization of nursing home residents, yet treatment recommendations have primarily been based on the minority who are [...]

The purpose of this study was to discover whether sex-role sterotypes were used to identify members of two professions, nurse practitioners and physicians. Participants reported whether they believed a videotaped health care provider was a physician or a nurse practitioner. Results showed that male providers tended to be identified as physicians, whereas female providers tended to be identified as nurse practitioners. Findings indicate that understanding and enactment of the nurse practitioner and physician roles are still affected by gender issues and that both physicians and nurse practitioners remain subject to the force of sex-role stereotypes.