%0 Journal Article
%T Culture, Ageing and the Construction of Pain
%A David Smith
%A Pauline Lane
%J -
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3030040
%X Abstract In this paper, the authors seek to discuss some of the complexities involved in cross-cultural working in relation to the communication and management of pain in older people. Specifically, the paper addresses the culture construction of ageing and how pain is often constructed as a natural part of ageing. The authors also suggest that with the rise of the ideology of active-ageing, many older people who are disabled or living in chronic pain, may feel a moral imperative to hide pain and ill-health. The discussion extends into looking at the impact of culture and the communication of pain, including specific idioms of distress, somaticize and the lay-management of pain through stoicism. The literature utilised in this paper was based on a thematic review, exploring the cultural dimensions of health, illness and pain in old age. The review also drew on the authors¡¯ previous publications, as well as their extensive community research experience working with ethnic minority communities. View Full-Tex
%K culture
%K ageing
%K pain
%K idioms of distress
%K somatisation
%K cultural concepts of distress
%K stoicism
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/3/3/40