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Nursing in Thailand: Western concepts vs Thai tradition
Author(s) -
Ekintumas Downapha
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.46.no2issue344.16.x
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , psychology
Thailand's rigid hierarchy discourages independent thought and generates nurses unsuited to apply Western processes. Theories or frameworks can provide only a guideline, not a recipe. Western concepts do not match the demands of Thai nursing and need to be reinterpreted in the context of Thai culture.