title: [Cultural effect on postoperative pain].
abstract: The objective of this study was to describe the influence of culture on 12 surgical patients. The data was collected by interviews and the analysis was based on the framework of the qualitative methodology. The results showed four categories of influence: the type of pain, the expectancy by pain, the meaning of the pain and the pain management. The meaning apprehended is suffering and was verbalized by metaphors. The study considers the importance of the cultural comprehension about pain by the nurse.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto-USP.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zago
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D001938:Brazil; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019365:Metaphor; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: As influências culturais na dor do paciente cirúrgico.