Pfeil M
Br J Nurs. 1994;3(5):217-9. doi: 10.12968/bjon.1994.3.5.217.
The decline in the caring aspects of medicine has made technology appear cold and inhuman and has turned medicine into a physical, restorative profession. Because practitioners are disillusioned by the shortcomings of scientific medicine, a desire to explore alternative approaches to health has appeared. Many complementary methods are similar to nursing in that they centre on the concept of holism. The lack of research in complementary methods and the need for legal regulation of their practitioners have a potential to discredit this area of health care. Nurses are among the most suitable professional groups to help complementary health care methods to attain their rightful place. The role of the nursing profession in this process will be seen as an indication of its standing as an independent research-based profession.
医学关怀方面的衰退使技术显得冷漠且无人性，并将医学变成了一门注重身体修复的职业。由于从业者对科学医学的缺点感到失望，于是出现了探索健康替代方法的愿望。许多补充疗法与护理相似，因为它们都以整体观为核心概念。补充疗法缺乏研究，且其从业者需要法律监管，这有可能损害这一医疗保健领域的声誉。护士是最适合帮助补充性医疗保健方法获得应有地位的专业群体之一。护理专业在这一过程中的作用将被视为其作为一个基于研究的独立专业地位的标志。
