title: Nursing in Thailand: western concepts vs Thai tradition.
abstract: Thailand's rigid hierarchy discourages independent thought and generates nurses unsuited to apply Western processes. Theories or frame-works 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ekintumas
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012945:Social Values; D013785:Thailand; D019366:Western World