Jensen Raelee
Cranford Hospice, Hastings, New Zealand.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2003;17(3-4):223-9.
Patients with advanced, irreversible disease need palliative care in both developing and developed countries. The philosophy of palliative care is universal. Despite differences among individuals and cultural groups, basic needs, cares, and wants are common to human-kind. For truly effective palliative care, cultural subtleties and nuances must be considered. Challenging assumptions based on one's own culture is essential to the development of knowledge and insight into others. Keeping open minds about what is new or different within different cultures where we provide care can extend and intensify quality of care. This paper reflects the author's experience as a New Zealand Nurse and of her visit to the Pain and Palliative Care Clinic in Calicut, India. This was a journey that crossed cultural boundaries and it illustrates the importance of building bridges to care.
在发展中国家和发达国家，患有晚期、不可逆疾病的患者都需要姑息治疗。姑息治疗的理念是普遍适用的。尽管个人和文化群体之间存在差异，但人类的基本需求、关怀和愿望是共通的。要实现真正有效的姑息治疗，必须考虑文化的细微差别和微妙之处。挑战基于自身文化的假设对于增进对他人的了解和洞察至关重要。在我们提供护理的不同文化中，对新事物或不同事物保持开放的心态，可以提升和强化护理质量。本文反映了作者作为一名新西兰护士的经历以及她对印度卡利卡特疼痛与姑息治疗诊所的访问。这是一次跨越文化边界的旅程，它说明了建立关怀桥梁的重要性。
