Cultural influences on pain management in the elderly.
Cultural influences are often more important in the elderly and help explain the influence of nonbiological factors underlying pain appraisal, expression, and folk treatments. Five main psychological theories that underlie these cultural influences help direct supportive interventions.
Sakauye
Kenneth
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Louisiana State Medical School, New Orleans, 70112, USA. ksakau@lsuhsc.edu
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010146:Pain / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011582:Psychological Theory