I speant most of the last 18 months in and out of the hospital, and I noticed that doctors are more things oriented, and nurse practitioners are more people oriented. Even though they do the same job.

I want the nurse practitioner when I'm feeling awful, I want the doctor to explain their thought process in technical detail. Even if it's over my head.

And to be clear, I didn't read the article, but I had doctors and nurse practitioners of different sexes.