Conceptions of pain among Somali women

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-425

  Finnström, Berit ^a   Söderhamn, Olle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Empirical research report; Interviews; Nursing; Pain; Pain behaviour; Somalian women

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33646511276     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03838.x     Document Type: Article

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