INTRODUCTION: pain and culture

• Culture and a child’s response and reaction to pain:

• - British children tend to be stoical, but prefer to have company when they are in pain.

• - Australian children prefer to be alone.

• - Italian children tend to be more depressed and honest about their pain and concerned that they should be given immediate pain relief.

• - Kikuyu and Masai men are expected to be quiet and dignified about their pain, but women are not.