Design Philosophy and Privacy in Nightingale Ward －People's perception of privacy in the historical context－

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  • ナイチンゲール病棟の設計思想とプライバシー ―時代背景にみるプライバシーの捉え方－
  • ナイチンゲール ビョウトウ ノ セッケイ シソウ ト プライバシー : ジダイ ハイケイ ニ ミル プライバシー ノ トラエカタ
  • Design Philosophy and Privacy in Nightingale Ward

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Abstract: We administered a questionnaire survey of a hospital ward designed by Florence Nightingale called “Nightingale ward” to nursing students, and obtained negative responses regarding securing patient privacy. Given the results above, we reviewed Nightingale’s publications to learn her perspective on privacy. Our review showed that privacy was described only from the standpoint of nurses and there was no reference to patient privacy protection. In order to investigate privacy issues with the Nightingale ward, we reviewed six British literary works published during the 1860s, the period in which the Nightingale ward was proposed, to investigate how people at that time thought about embarrassment, and surveyed the extent of patients’ embarrassment that was perceived by the present-day nursing students. Literature review showed that the social classes of inpatients and required medical care changed around the period of time in which Nightingale lived, leading to increased significance of privacy protection. The time when the Nightingale ward was proposed was exactly in the transition stage, and privacy had not been given adequate attention. According to the survey results, the nursing students felt that patients were embarrassed during treatment, especially when parts of their body were exposed. Openness of the Nightingale ward may bring a sense of ease for patients but it also poses difficulty in securing their privacy. The results indicated that this issue may be a potential factor to make patients feel embarrassed, and the Nightingale ward was therefore considered to “lack privacy.”

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    紀要 15 9-16, 2021-03-31

    名寄市立大学

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