Griffith D N
Whittington Hospital, London.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1988 May 7;296(6632):1303-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1303.
In a survey of hospital visiting hours in general medical and surgical wards throughout the United Kingdom a pattern of visiting emerged showing that many hospitals still have very restricted visiting. A quarter of the 404 hospitals that responded permitted visiting for an average of two hours a day or less. In contrast, just over a third of hospitals allowed visiting for more than five hours a day. There was no relation between visiting times and type of hospital, but a striking regional variation in visiting hours was found, with more liberal visiting in south east England and restricted visiting in northern England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
在一项针对英国各地综合内科和外科病房探视时间的调查中，出现了一种探视模式，表明许多医院的探视时间仍然非常有限。在做出回应的404家医院中，四分之一的医院允许每天平均探视两小时或更少。相比之下，略多于三分之一的医院允许每天探视超过五小时。探视时间与医院类型之间没有关联，但发现探视时间存在显著的地区差异，英格兰东南部的探视更为宽松，而英格兰北部、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的探视则受到限制。
