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 …

Objective Patient suffering is a neglected area of care, partly because of poor definitions.
The aim of this study was to distill what is currently known about suffering in the health …

Context: Suffering is a complex experience. Identifying its predictors is useful to signal at-risk
patients. Objective: To identify suffering predictors in patients with advanced cancer in …

Purpose Suffering refers to a situation in which a person's illness and condition threaten
their integrity. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize qualitative studies that …

DEFINING SUFFERING disease (8, 9, 15). The following discussion proposes a clinically
relevant definition of suffering. Then, based on a review of the existing data on pain and …

Purpose The alleviation of suffering is a central goal of palliative care, but little research has
addressed the construct of suffering as a global experience of the whole person. We …

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 …

Background Unbearable suffering most frequently is reported in end-of-life cancer patients
in primary care. However, research seldom addresses unbearable suffering. The aim of this …

Background There is a lack of research into suffering and what it means to the individual
patient with advanced cancer and its importance in end of life care. Aims To explore the …

Background: The prevention and relief of suffering in palliative care are critical to the well-
being and quality of life of patients and families facing life-threatening diseases. Many tools …