i DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE PAIN WITHIN THE MEDICO-SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF GHANA LYDIA AZIATO Student number: 3179857 A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Philosophiae Doctor in Nursing in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa Supervisor: Prof Oluyinka Adejumo November, 2012