McConnell E A
Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care, University of South Australia, Underdale.
Holist Nurs Pract. 1998 Jul;12(4):23-30. doi: 10.1097/00004650-199807000-00005.
Health care technology occurs in the cultural and organizational context of users and providers and thus is inherently neither "good" or "bad." Situated at the midpoint of the technologic-humanistic dualism, registered nurses facilitate the coalescence of technology and humanism in nursing practice. This coalescence does not just happen and does not come easily. It requires both caring and expertise and is facilitated by education, clinical practice, research, and administrative considerations. This coalescence may indeed lead to some of the most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century in terms of what it means to be human.
医疗保健技术存在于用户和提供者的文化与组织背景之中，因此其本身既非“好”也非“坏”。注册护士处于技术与人文二元论的中间位置，在护理实践中促进技术与人文的融合。这种融合并非自然而然发生，也并非轻而易举就能实现。它既需要关怀又需要专业知识，并且通过教育、临床实践、研究和管理考量来推动。就对人类的意义而言，这种融合确实可能带来21世纪一些最令人兴奋的突破。
