Pain as a mutual experience for patients, nurses and families: a perspective from New York.
New York was unique among the cities included in this study. The most striking finding was that the self-described ethnic background of both nurses and patients was so varied. Many patients and nurses were born elsewhere and were nonnative speakers. The results cannot be described as cross-countries when so many nations are represented. Multinational is, perhaps, a more accurate description, but even that seems inadequate to describe a population as diverse as was this one.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing