Health-care system and nursing in Sri Lanka: An ethnography study

被引:14
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作者
De Silva, Badurakada Sunil Santha [1 ]
Rolls, Colleen [1 ]
机构
[1] Australian Catholic Univ, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
关键词
developing country; ethnography; health care; nurse; nursing; Sri Lanka; ISSUES;
D O I
10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00482.x
中图分类号
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号
1011 ;
摘要
This article stems from a larger ethnographic study that primarily explored nurses' cancer pain management in Sri Lanka. The findings presented in this article report on two aspects revealed in that study: the Sri Lankan health-care system and nursing. The findings indicate that the Sri Lankan health-care system is under considerable strain. Poor hospital management allows doctors to admit too many patients, resulting in chaotic and overcrowded work environments with unsustainable resources. This then impacts on the role of the nurse. This study highlights the adverse conditions under which nurses in Sri Lanka try to administer care, within a powerless and unchanging professional situation. Although this study extends the level of understanding of the situation for nurses in a government hospital, it also offers directions for policy-makers and international nursing organizations to improve nursing education and governance in Sri Lanka.
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页码:33 / 38
页数:6
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