Brettell K
Health Visit. 1994 Oct;67(10):344-7.
Health visitor training demands a radical change in outlook. Nurses and midwives, coming from a practical, 'hands-on' approach, face a major professional re-orientation in order to work principally through the medium of language. Katherine Brettell uses the theory of 'speech acts' to explore and explain the process of health visiting, demonstrating the need for practitioners to be highly skilled communicators.
健康访视员培训需要观念上的彻底转变。护士和助产士以往采用的是实践的“动手操作”方法，为了主要通过语言媒介开展工作，他们面临着重大的职业重新定位。凯瑟琳·布雷特尔运用“言语行为”理论来探索和解释健康访视的过程，表明从业者需要具备高超的沟通技巧。
