护理的心:在赞比亚的一家医院中影响,亲属和护理工作
Emma Nelson Bunkley1, Comfort Asante2,3, Sarah Burack4
1Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Medical anthropology quarterly
|December 19, 2023
概括
护理人员称为床上人员对于赞比亚的儿科患者福祉至关重要. 他们的无偿劳动突出了医疗保健系统中必不可少的,但经常被忽视的人类基础设施.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 医学人类学 医学人类学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 赞比亚的儿科患者的健康状况在很大程度上依赖于非正式的护理人员,称为床上人员.
- 床上护理人员提供基本的日常护理,包括养,卫生和医疗支持,作为关键的人类基础设施.
- 这种非正式的劳动是无偿的,体力苛刻,但对于医院的运作至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探讨在赞比亚儿科医院的病床人员的作用和意义.
- 分析床上患者和医疗保健工作者描述的为照顾者提供"心脏"的概念.
- 在非正式照顾劳动的背景下,了解"心为工作"的隐喻含义.
主要方法:
- 使用了定性研究方法.
- 数据是通过反复观察和与病床患者和医院工作人员的讨论收集的.
- 分析基于温德兰的"心为工作"比喻,通常在马拉维和赞比亚使用.
主要成果:
- 床上护理人员对于患者护理和医院运作是不可或缺的.
- "心"的比喻意味着对要求苛刻,无偿的照顾者所需的深刻个人承诺和情感性.
- 这突显了个人奉献和系统依赖医疗保健中非正式劳动的交叉关系.
结论:
- "心脏"比喻揭示了床上护士角色内在的深刻个人投资和情感劳动.
- 承认病床人员的贡献对于理解和支持在资源有限的环境中提供医疗保健至关重要.
- 进一步的研究应该调查在儿科医疗保健中对非正式护理人员的正式支持.
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