Hallenbeck J, Goldstein M K, Mebane E W
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park Division, Stanford, California, USA.
Clin Geriatr Med. 1996 May;12(2):393-406.
Culture is not something apart from us. It is always here, and we, like fish in an ocean, may be blind to the water in which we swim. We recommend that, in addition to learning as much as possible about people from cultures other than our own, we consider carefully the cultural roots of our own thoughts and actions. A combination of respectful behavior and a conscientious effort to understand individuals from another culture will go far in enabling us to work well with dying patients from many backgrounds.
文化并非与我们相分离的事物。它始终存在于此，而我们就如同海洋中的鱼，可能对自己游弋其中的水视而不见。我们建议，除了尽可能多地了解其他文化背景的人之外，我们还要仔细思考自身思想和行为的文化根源。尊重他人的行为以及认真努力去理解来自另一种文化的个体，这两者相结合，将极大地有助于我们与来自众多背景的临终患者顺利合作。
