Ethnocultural variations in pain and illness behavior

s450 Workshop

for Doctors

Chairmen:

This workshop countries. Committee

Developing

from

in their

j 665 Workshop

Countries

of a discussion

~

Wed 4:00 Vashon

and Mark Swerdlow

will take the form

The object to promote

and to discover achieved

from

Sven X. :\ndersson

with members

from

developing

will be to inform them of the intention of the Education the teaching of pain mauagement in the developing countries them how the organization

countries.

The process

of pain relief

must include

services

information

can best be

transmission

to

doctors at primary health care level as well as in central and peripheral hospitals. The means of delivering practical and academic teaching of pain relief methods will be explored, the possibility

including

the use of teaching

of IASP sponsored

lectures,

kits by local regional

knowledgeable

personnel

and

courses and fellowships.

Prior to the Seattle Congress a simple questionnaire will be sent to 3rd World doctors who have registered for the Congress. This will request information on the present position regarding pain clinic facilities and post-graduate medical education

facilities

at hospital

and primary

health care

levels.

666 Workshop ETHNOCULTURAL VARIATIONS IN PAIN AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOR. Wed 4:00 Kenneth D. Craig, University of British Columbia, and Margo C. Wyckoff, Swedish Hospital and Providence Hospital, i St Helens Seattle, Washington (Co-Chairs). The purpose will be to examine the substantial Workshop Objectives: and problematic variations in expression of discomfort and illness roles observed in clinical settings and the natural environment among reprePanelists will address the sentatives of different ethnic groups. methodological difficulties of conducting research in the area, the nature and origins of the differences, and ensuing health management problems in providing care. Wayne Kayton, Department of Psychiatry, University of Panelists: Washington, will describe a cross-cultural studv of depression and somatization and treatment considerations. Elizabeth Hiok-Boon Lin, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, will describe cultural influences in the presentation of illness behavior. Peter H. Stephenson, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, will examine social and religious constructions of the meaning of pain. Dr. Craig will present methodological considerations in investigations Dr. Wyckoff will provide case examples and moderate disof this type. cussion with the audience.