Kontakt 2009, 11(1):210-217 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2009.037

Special features of taking care of members of the Chinese minority group in the Czech RepublicOšetřovatelská péče orientovaná na zdraví minorit a subkultur

Pavel Scholz^*, Valérie Tóthová

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra ošetřovatelství

Providing the culture-specific care belongs to basic characteristics of the modern nursing care not only in the Czech Republic. The number of members of the Chinese minority is stepwise being increased, similarly as the number of Chinese tourists. Different consideration of the health and disease markedly affects the attitude to and perception of the patient/client from different cultural environments, either from the professional point of view or from the standpoint of the patient/client. The healthcare personnel should be aware of main differences in the behaviour of members of minority groups (including tourists) not only in association with providing the health care.
The research work presented here was prepared with the help of qualitative research methods. The research target of the work was to process special features of the nursing care, which should be respected in accordance with wishes of the Chinese minority. The data accumulation was provided with the help of a semi-structured interview in members of the Chinese minority group in the Czech Republic. The contents of questions of the semi-structured interview used are particularly based on conceptual nursing models by M. Gordon, M. Leininger and model by J. Giger and R. Davidhizer. To achieve the target, several research questions were established. The results of the research are processed with the help of case reports and a moderately modified approach of the framework analysis by Ritchie and Spencer.
The main results include the determined special features of taking the nurse care in the field of sampling the blood, communication of medical diagnosis particularly in direction of the family, fears of dependences on medicines and also pain and its alleviation. Further results also include description of perception of the Czech nursery and nurse as a giver of the special nursing care by members of the Chinese minority group. Based on results of our work, hypotheses are proposed to be used in future research.

Keywords: China; patient; healthcare system; nursery; specific features

Received: October 6, 2008; Accepted: February 4, 2009; Published: May 27, 2009  Show citation