title: Suffering as a consideration in ethical decision making.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Loewy
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D032764:Casuistry; D032921:Consensus; D003657:Decision Making; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D026822:Ethicists; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009014:Morals; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D028722:Virtues