Pain Perception and Management of Patients from African Cultures
Pain Perception and Management of Patients from African Cultures How patients express feelings of pain could act as indicators to medical practitioners to offer pain management modalities. However, pain is negatively perceived among some African cultures, making patients less expressive to pain within care settings. The over-reliance on traditional medicine among some cultures also limits the interactivity of nurses and physicians with patients, undermining their relationship building into understanding pain cues. Among the Sotho and […]