Japanese nurse practitioners’ legal liability ambiguity regarding their medical practice: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Nurse practitioners’ role is always expanding. The Japanese Nurse Practitioner (JNP) system was initiated in 2015 to shift some aspects of doctors’ work to various other healthcare professionals, including nurses. JNPs’ fulfillment of their roles was shown to have a certain degre...

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Main Authors: Shoko Sugiyama, Kyoko Asakura, Nozomu Takada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Nursing
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12912-020-00458-2