Cultural Influences on the Assessment of Children’s Pain

Culture is commonly regarded as a factor in pain behaviour and experience, but the meaning of the term is often unclear. There is little evidence that pain perception is modified by cultural or ethnic factors, but pain expression by children and interpretation by caregivers may be affected by the cu...

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Published in:Pain Research and Management
Main Authors: G Allen Finley, Ólöf Kristjánsdóttir, Paula A Forgeron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/763031