Professional Interests:

Methods

Qualitative Research

Ethnography,  Grounded  Theory             

Content Areas

Relationships among Health care Professionals and Patient Safety

Hospice Care

Development of the Role of Nurse Practitioners

Primary Teaching Areas:

Nursing Research, Qualitative Research and Mixed Methods

Selected Publications:

• The experience of information sharing among primary care physicians with cancer survivors and their oncologists, Journal of Cancer Survivorship,  on-line December 2012  (hard copy-in press)
• Developing a Model of Social Capital: Relationships in Primary Care, Advances in Nursing Science, July 2007
• Qualitative Research Interview, Medical Education, April 2006, Silver Quill Award for most cited article 2009

 Works in Progress:

• Collaboration between nurse practitioners and primary care physicians in primary care practices
• The importance of Ethnography in Nursing Research

Education:

New York University Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing 1987-1995

New York University, MA Nursing Science 1978-1980

New York University,  Bachelor of Arts, Nursing Science,

Magna Cum Laude 1974-1977

Northeastern University,  Bachelor of Science, Biology 1969-1974