The Myth of the 'Mediterranean Syndrome

Do immigrants feel different pain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12554346
AutoresGernot Ernst (0000-0001-5224-0338, a Charité, Virchow Hospital , Humboldt University Berlin , Berlin , Germany, autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume5
Fascículo2
Páginas121-126
Data de publicação2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnicity and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1355-7858 • E-ISSN: 1465-3419
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/713667444
PMID10984830
OpenAlexW2031935960
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas11

There is a long tradition of assuming other way of pain perception in immigrants than in natives. This article discusses profound methodological problems to assess pain perception and behaviour between people of different cultural background, existing epidemiological data are reviewed and results of an own study regarding chronic pain syndromes are included. There is no clear evidence for existing differences in pain syndromes between natives and immigrants of any kind. In difference, there is some evidence, that clinicians and health workers frequently have other impressions about pain intensities as the patients themselves

Chronic pain · Immigration · Mythology · Pain Perception · Pathology · Perception · Physical therapy · History · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Pain Management and Opioid Use · Pediatric Pain Management Techniques · Psychology · Epidemiology