Cultural influences on pain perceptions and behaviors

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Callister, Lynn Clark ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Culture; Pain; Pain behaviors; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247889769     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822302250687     Document Type: Article

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