title: Pain as a mutual experience for patients, nurses and families: international and theoretical perspectives from the four countries.
abstract: In Level III, country specific themes, outlined as quantitative and qualitative findings in Level II, were subjected to extended analyses using the same methods, from an international perspective. Aggregated themes, examined for patients, nurses and families, across all four countries are presented in that order.
authors.affiliation: Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McDermott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013030:Spain; D016746:Transcultural Nursing