Foner N
Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, Purchase, NY 10577.
Gerontologist. 1994 Apr;34(2):245-50. doi: 10.1093/geront/34.2.245.
In-depth fieldwork in a New York City nursing home shows that most aides were neither saints nor monsters. Only a small minority were consistently cruel, on the one hand, or consistently warm and supportive, on the other. While there were many instances of harsh treatment of patients, most nursing aides were kind and helpful to residents most of the time. Indeed, many aides established relations with patients that they and the patients found gratifying.
在纽约一家养老院进行的深入实地调查显示，大多数护工既不是圣人也不是恶人。一方面，只有一小部分人一贯残忍；另一方面，也只有一小部分人始终热情且乐于助人。虽然存在许多虐待患者的情况，但大多数护工在大多数时候对住户都很友善且乐于助人。事实上，许多护工与患者建立了令他们自己和患者都感到满意的关系。
