Pain as a mutual experience for patients, nurses and families: a perspective from Shanghai, China

J Cult Divers. 2000 Spring;7(1):11-3.

Abstract

The author of this article visited China for the purpose of helping the faculty of the School of Nursing learn research skills by participating in research--a kind of learn by doing. Both investigators had conducted quantitative studies in the US--one with children and one with adults--that were adapted for use in China. Seeking to also include a qualitative study, the investigators explored several possible research areas. Because pain is a universal phenomena, it was chosen as the subject for the study using the qualitative methodology reported in the first part of this article.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • China
  • Family / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
  • Pain / diagnosis
  • Pain / ethnology*
  • Pain / nursing*
  • Pain / prevention & control
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pregnancy
  • Transcultural Nursing