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Eun-Ok Im1, Reiko Sakashita, Chia Chin Lin
1School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Im and McCauley); University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan (Dr Sakashita); The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) (Dr Lin); Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Dr Oh); Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Dr Tsai); Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dr Kunaviktikul); National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Huang); China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan (Dr Huang); and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Dr Wang).
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to identify the commonalities in nursing perspectives among 6 countries/regions (United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand). Nine leaders from the 6 countries/regions reflected on what nursing perspectives were in their own countries/regions and provided exemplars/cases from their own experiences and literature reviews. The data were analyzed using a content analysis. Seven themes were extracted: (a) "embedded in cultural and historical contexts"; (b) "based on philosophical pluralism"; (c) "women-centered perspectives"; (d) "care-oriented holistic views"; (e) "ethical and humane views"; (f) "respecting and advocating"; and (g) "considering diversities."
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