Pain is one of the most frequent an

Pain is one of the most frequent and significant problems encountered by nurses practice across the world. It has been multidimensional experience influenced by biology, psychology, cultural conditioning, expectancies and social contingencies (Bates & Edwards 1991, Bates et al. 1993). As such, it has long been recognised that the ability to compare similar pain experiences across diverse cultures can enhance understanding of the nature of pain and expedite efforts at diagnosis and intervention (Phipps et al. biology, psychology, cultural conditioning, expectancies 1999).