Lepain Catherine
Centre Hospitalier Argenteuil.
Rech Soins Infirm. 2003 Mar(72):4-33.
Working in a multi-cultural medical establishment, concerning both patients and nursing staff, calls for deliberations regarding the intercultural as well as palliative approach in nursing care. These deliberations are: 1) intra-personal, in questioning the nursing staff on his/her values, beliefs, convictions, personal culture and identity, as well as opinions regarding health, illness and death. 2) Interpersonal, in recognizing the other person through his/her culture, values, individuality, while taking into account his/her opinions on health, illness and death. The goal of this project is to initiate this intercultural approach by first studying the culture from the perspective of North African Muslims currently hospitalized. It will develop in three steps: The first step to consider consists in training health-care professionals. The second step will lead to the preparation of pedagogical support concerning "nursing care and North African culture". The third step should significantly demonstrate the intercultural approach in clinical nursing procedures. In the future, the project's aim should progress towards a health-care collaboration in which each patient feels implicated regardless of his/her condition, culture, beliefs, education or lifestyle.
在多元文化的医疗机构中工作，兼顾患者和护理人员，需要对护理中的跨文化及姑息治疗方法进行思考。这些思考包括：1）个人层面，询问护理人员的价值观、信仰、信念、个人文化和身份，以及他们对健康、疾病和死亡的看法。2）人际层面，通过他人的文化、价值观、个性来认识他人，同时考虑其对健康、疾病和死亡的看法。本项目的目标是通过首先从目前住院的北非穆斯林的角度研究文化来启动这种跨文化方法。它将分三个步骤开展：第一步是培训医护专业人员。第二步将准备有关“护理与北非文化”的教学支持材料。第三步应在临床护理程序中显著展示跨文化方法。未来，该项目的目标应朝着实现一种医疗合作发展，在这种合作中，每个患者无论其病情、文化、信仰、教育程度或生活方式如何，都能感到自己被纳入其中。
