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Contents
- Front Matter
- 1 Relevance of Pain and Analgesia in Multicultural SocietiesKnox H. Todd, MD, MPH Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Mario Incayawar, MD, MSC, DESS Director, Runajambi-Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador
- Part One Cultural Modulation of Pain Experiences
- 2 A Linguistic Approach for Understanding Pain in the Medical EncounterLise Bouchard, MA, PhD Director of Research, Runajambi–Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador
- 3 Culture, Placebo, and Analgesia: Clinical and Ethical ConsiderationsAntonella Pollo, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Torino, Italy Elisa Carlino, PHD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Fabrizio Benedetti, MD Professor of Physiology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin Medical School, National Institute of Neuroscience, Turin, Italy
- 4 Pain in Children across CulturesHuda Abu-Saad Huijer, RN, PHD, FEANS, FAAN Professor of Nursing Science, Director, Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- 5 Pain in Indian Culture: Conceptual and Clinical PerspectivesJudy F. Pugh, PHD Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- 6 Insights on the Pain Experience in Mexican AmericansEvelyn Ruiz Calvillo, RN, DNSc Professor Emeritus of Nursing, School of Health & Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 7 We Feel Pain Too: Asserting the Pain Experience of the Quichua PeopleMario Incayawar, MD, MSc, DESS Director, Runajambi–Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador and Former Henry R. Luce Professor in Brain, Mind and Medicine, Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California, USA Sioui Maldonado-Bouchard, MSC, PHD (CANDIDATE) Research Assistant, Runajambi–Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador and Doctoral Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences, Laboratory on Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- 8 Allying with Chinese Parents for Enhanced Control of Pediatric Postoperative PainHe Hong-Gu, PHD, RN, MD Assistant Professor, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Katri VehvilÄinen-Julkunen, RN, PHD Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- 9 Understanding Anglo-Americans’ Culture, Pain, and SufferingSusan Sharp, MA, PSYD (STUDENT) PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, Palo Alto University, Stanford Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences Laboratory, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA Cheryl Koopman, PHD Associate Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
- Part Two Culture and Pain Assessment
- 10 Cross-cultural Use and Validity of Pain Scales and Questionnaires—Norwegian Case StudyHesook Suzie Kim, PHD, RN Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA and Project Director for Research Programs, Institutt for helsefag, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway Donna Schwartz-Barcott, PHD, RN Professor, College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA Inger Margrethe Holter, PHD, RN Project Coordinator, Norwegian Nurses Association, Norway
- 11 The Clinical Encounter: Implications for Pain Management DisparitiesRaymond C. Tait, PHD Vice President, Research Professor, Department of Neurology & Psychiatry Saint Louis University Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- 12 Social Contexts of Pain: Patients, Dentists, and EthnicityRod Moore, DDS, PHD, DR ODONT Dental Anxiety Research and Treatment Center, Royal Dental College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Århus University, Århus, Denmark
- Part Three Disparities and Inequities in Pain Management
- 13 Implicit and Explicit Ethnic Bias among PhysiciansFatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH Associate Director, The Disparities Solutions Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 14 Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Pain ManagementKnox H. Todd, MD, MPH Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH Associate Professor, In Residence, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- 15 Patient-Provider Ethnic Concordance in Pain Control: Negotiating the Intangible BarrierSalimah H. Meghani, PHD, MBE, CRNP Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Oren K. Isacoff, BA, BSC, MD/MBA Student, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 16 The Effect Of Ethnicity On Prescriptions For Patient-Controlled Analgesia For Post-operative PainBernardo Ng, MD, DFAPA Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA and Medical Director, Sun Valley Behavioral Medical Center, Imperial, California, USA
- 17 Disparities in Health Care and Pain Management for Americans with Sickle Cell DiseaseJoseph Telfair, DRPH, MSW, MPH Professor, Public Health Research and Practice and Director, UNCG Center for Social, Community and Health Research and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Lori E. Crosby, PSYD Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 18 Unavailability of Pain Medicines in Minority Neighborhoods and Developing CountriesLaura P. Gelfman, MD Fellow in Palliative Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA R. Sean Morrison, MD Professor, Geriatrics and Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Part Four Cross-Cultural Management of Pain
- 19 Disparities in Treatment of Cancer Pain in Ethnic Minority PatientsKaren O. Anderson, PHD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- 20 The Pain of Childbirth: Management Among Culturally Diverse WomenLynn Clark Callister, RN, PHD, FAAN Professor Emerita, Brigham Young University College of Nursing, Provo, Utah, USA
- 21 Gender and Ethnic Differences in Responses to Pain and Its TreatmentBurel R. Goodin, PHD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Comprehensive Center for Pain Research, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA Kimberly Sibille, PHD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Roger B. Fillingim, PHD Professor, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- 22 Pain Management Among Chinese American Cancer PatientsLara Dhingra, PHD Co-Chief, Research Division, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA and Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA Graciete Lo, MA Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA and Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, USA John Tsoi, LMSW Project Director, Asian Family Caregiver Program, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Asian Services Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA Victor T. Chang, MD Hematology/Oncology Service, New Jersey Veterans Affairs Health Care System East Orange, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
- 23 Pain and Aging: Managing Pain in an Ethnically Diverse PopulationCielito C. Reyes-Gibby, DRPH, MSN Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Guadalupe R. Palos, DRPH Office of Cancer Survivorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- 24 Older African-Americans: Managing Pain among the Underserved and Most Vulnerable PopulationsCarmen R. Green, MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Health Management & Policy, and Director, Health Disparities Research Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research,Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Mythili Prabhu, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Part Five Pharmacogenomics and Analgesic Drugs
- 25 Insensitivity to Pain: Lessons from Recent Genetics AdvancesNancy Merner, PHD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Neurosciences, University of Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada Patrick A. Dion, PHD Scientific Coordinator, Centre of Excellence in Neurosciences, University of Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal and Assistant Researcher, Departments of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada Anna Szuto, MSC Genetic Counsellor, Centre of Excellence in Neurosciences, University of Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada Guy A. Rouleau, MD, PHD, FRCPC Director, Centre of Excellence in Neurosciences, University of Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal; Director, Ste-Justine Hospital Research Center; and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- 26 Opioid Requirements and Responses in AsiansAnna Lee, PHD Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China Simon K. C. Chan, MBBS Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China Tony Gin, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
- 27 Ethnicity and Psychopharmacotherapy in PainKeh-Ming Lin, MD, MPH Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; 2008–2009 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Science at Stanford (CASBS); Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Distinguished Life-Time Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- Part Six Contextual Issues in Pain Medicine
- 28 Integrative Medicine Approach to Chronic PainStephen Dahmer, MD Integrative Family Medicine Attending, Beth Israel Continuum Center for Health and Healing, New York, New York, USA Raymond Y. Teets, MD Institute for Family Health, Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Medicine, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, New York, USA Emilie Scott, MD Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, South Orange, California, USA
- 29 Physicians’ Perception of Pain as Related to Empathy, Sympathy and the Mirror-Neuron SystemMohammadreza Hojat, PHD Research Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Director of Jefferson Longitudinal Study, Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Mitchell J.M. Cohen, MD Vice Chair for Education, Director, Pain Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 30 Pain, Culture, and Pathways to CareGurvinder S. Kalra, MD, DPM Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Sion General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Susham Gupta, MBBS, MRCPSYCH Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust, Assertive Outreach Team—City & Hackney, London, UK Dinesh Bhugra, MA, MSC, MBBS, Frcpsych, MPHIL, PHD Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
- Part Seven The Future of Analgesia in Diverse Populations
- 31 Culture, Pharmacogenomics, and Personalized AnalgesiaMario Incayawar, MD, MSC, DESS Director, Runajambi–Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador and Former Henry R. Luce Professor in Brain, Mind and Medicine, Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California, USA Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- End Matter
