Dinka child birth

I am currently on a women's health prac. I recently treated a woman one day after the birth of her second child. She was African, had very little English and required an interpreter for treatment. This interpreter however, was her husband. This proved difficult in the context of her culture as questions involved in postnatal assessment make reference to bladder and bowel habits and vaginal sensations. Topics as such are not often discussed between husband and wife in the Dinka culture. Assessment proved difficult, the patients was not willing to disclose any information to her husband and in turn us about continence issues or pain. Everything was fine, as in their culture women are made to have babies so they must grin and bear any complications. The most difficult thing when treating this patient was digesting the frustration involved in knowing that we could have treated her and given her a lot of relief. We are helpful and caring people but we also need to realise that we cant make everyone better and sometimes just need to walk away and respect that not all cultures accept modern medicine with open arms like ours does.