Abstract
In 1967 the term “doctor-nurse game” was coined by Stein 1 Stein L.I. The doctor-nurse game. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967; 16: 699-703 Crossref PubMed Scopus (406) Google Scholar in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The term caught on and has appeared intermittently in the literature over the past three decades. 2 Stein L.I. Watts D.T. Howell T. The doctor- nurse game revised. N Engl J Med. 1990; 322: 546-549 Crossref PubMed Scopus (257) Google Scholar , 3 Pillitteri A. Ackerman M. The “doctor-nurse game”: a comparison of 100 years—1888-1990. Nurs Outlook. 1993; 41: 113-116 PubMed Google Scholar , 4 Fagin C.M. Collaboration between nurses and physicians: no longer a choice. Acad Med. 1992; 67: 295-303 Crossref PubMed Scopus (155) Google Scholar The object of the game is to preserve the interactive roles traditionally held by the physician and nurse in clinical practice, with the physician seemingly the sole decision maker and team leader, and the nurse “allowed” to make recommendations as long as she appeared passive. Open disagreement was to be avoided at all costs. Rewards for playing the game well included respect for the nurse (a “damn good nurse”) and smooth facilitation of work for the physician.
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