The way we do things around here: advancing an interprofessional care culture within primary care.

Last month, the Section of General and Family Practice of the Ontario Medical Association took out advertisements in major newspapers and magazines insinuating that Ontarians might put themselves at risk if they were to receive care from nurse practitioners and pharmacists.1 I was shocked and dismayed at the message put forward—yet not surprised. Turf wars are not new. But in primary care they are getting ugly. In the name of the patient, advocates are coming forward to state their cases why they are in a better position to provide patient care. Fear mongering, however, is not a solution. As good clinicians we should be asking, “Where’s the evidence?”