This paper offers a discussion of some of the attitudes towards teaching
and learning in Thai nursing education. It illustrates the strict, hierarchical set of
relationships that exist between people throughout all aspects of Thai society. It
then relates these relationships to those between teachers and students of nursing
and how those relationships effect the ways in which students receive and deal with
knowledge. Other attitudes towards learning, communication and student/lecturer
relationships are also noted. It is hoped that the paper helps those, in other cultures,
to reflect on their own practices.