In recent years a large empirical literature has appeared on suffering at the end of life. In this
literature it is recognized that suffering has existential and social dimensions in addition to …

The words “pain” and “suffering” are so often used together in clinical practice they often
seem to merge into a single concept,“pain and suffering.” Writing in the early 1980s, Eric …

Over the course of a life-threatening disease, a person's suffering can increase (1, 2).
Particularly at the end of life, suffering tends to be widespread, manifesting itself at different …

Palliative care (PC) names as one of its central aims to prevent and relieve suffering.
Following the concept of “total pain”, which was first introduced by Cicely Saunders, PC not …

The essential mandate of medicine is the relief of suffering. However, the quest for an
integrated model towards a conceptualization of suffering is still ongoing and empirical …

Recent years have witnessed a growing concern that terminally illpatients are needlessly
suffering in the dying process. This has ledto demands that physicians become more …

Background Relief of suffering is a central goal for palliative care. Achievement of this goal
can be difficult, however, due to the complex nature of suffering. Methods A psychosocial …

Objective Suffering frequently occurs in the context of chronic and progressive medical
illnesses and emerges with great intensity at end‐of‐life. A review of the literature on …

Nurses working in palliative care are confronted with the suffering of patients and their
relatives on a daily basis. Nurses, as practitioners of holistic care for the terminally ill, are …

The paper presents an account of suffering as a multi-level phenomenon based on concepts
such as mood, being-in-the-world and core life value. This phenomenological account will …