Sigma Theta Tau International, 1997; Buresh, Gordon and Bell, “Who Counts in News Coverage of Health Care?
Nursing Outlook, 1991) Physicians are consulted on issues, such as nutrition and breastfeeding, in which other professionals generally have at least as much if not greater expertise. Physicians’ combination of economic and political power with social and perceived moral status is unrivalled by any other professional group.
