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Cult Med Psychiatry. 1984 Jun;8(2):141-63. doi: 10.1007/BF00054613.
Both by the standards of American nurses and in the eyes of the Japanese public, nurses in Japan appear subservient. In this paper I explore this situation from three perspectives. Most Japanese nurses lack a sense of professionalism which the nursing elite in Japan as well as sociological theory attributes to the low educational levels of the nurses. The second perspective investigates the nurses' functional role as intermediary between the medical world and the many patients who regard physicians as socially distant. Thirdly, Japanese nurses might be considered the "housewives" of the hospital in terms not only of their physical duties but also of their caretaking role. If the housewife analogy holds, the values, behavior, and attitudes that give Japanese housewives their satisfaction and their autonomy would considerably alter the role of the nurse in the delivery of cosmopolitan medical care.
无论是按照美国护士的标准，还是在日本公众眼中，日本护士似乎都处于从属地位。在本文中，我将从三个角度探讨这种情况。大多数日本护士缺乏专业精神，日本护理精英以及社会学理论将其归因于护士的低教育水平。第二个角度考察了护士作为医学界与许多认为医生在社会上有距离感的患者之间的中介的功能角色。第三，日本护士不仅在体力职责方面，而且在护理角色方面，都可能被视为医院的“家庭主妇”。如果将护士类比为家庭主妇成立的话，那些赋予日本家庭主妇满足感和自主权的价值观、行为和态度，将极大地改变护士在提供国际化医疗服务中的角色。
