Harold Merskey, MD, a great Canadian psychiatrist, has written extensively on the relationship between cultures and the response to pain. I would recommend doing a search of his research, and progress from there.

best wishes, Nelson Hendler, MD, MS

Dear Nelson

Thx,

Sarah

Here is a thesis on this topic written by Leeana Aarthi Bagwath Persad

http://mobile.wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/17444/20OCT2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Also see this

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029965

Thank you!