title: Nursing, healthcare, and culture: views from Canada and Taiwan for the year 2050. Interview by Jacqueline Fawcett.
abstract: This column presents a dialogue with Canadian nurse scholar Mireille Lavoie and Taiwanese nurse scholar Yea-Ing Lotus Shyu, who share their own vision and their understanding of their country's vision of nursing, health-care, and quality of life in the year 2050.
authors.affiliation: University Laval, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lavoie
authors.forename: Yea-Ing Lotus
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Shyu
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D002170:Canada; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D018166:Health Care Reform; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D013624:Taiwan; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000639:trends