Verderese O
Educ Med Salud. 1979;13(4):315-40.
The article presents a comprehensive analysis of health and nursing practices and their relationship to the economic structure and dominant means of production in Latin America. The analysis stems from a division of economic history into the following periods: 1900 to 1930, 1930 to 1960, and from the end of 1960 to present. The writer examines the characteristics of economic and social development in each of those periods and correlates them with health and nursing practices. She delves particularly into the predominant forms of nursing practice and the various approaches to training for auxiliary, technical, and professional staff. She seeks to show that both practice and knowledge in the field of health and nursing are related to the process of economic production. She suggests that recognition of this fact would contribute to a better understanding of the problems confronting the health and education sectors and would permit a search for more realistic solutions to the problems.
本文对拉丁美洲的健康与护理实践及其与经济结构和主要生产方式的关系进行了全面分析。该分析源于将经济史划分为以下几个时期：1900年至1930年、1930年至1960年以及从20世纪60年代末至今。作者考察了每个时期经济和社会发展的特点，并将它们与健康和护理实践联系起来。她特别深入研究了护理实践的主要形式以及辅助、技术和专业人员培训的各种方法。她试图表明，健康和护理领域的实践与知识都与经济生产过程相关。她认为，认识到这一事实将有助于更好地理解卫生和教育部门面临的问题，并有助于寻求更现实的问题解决方案。
