title: [Suffering: conceptual clarification].
abstract: This article is an attempt to clarify the concept of suffering and its relationships with other concepts such as pain, distress, loss and grief. Several definitions are discussed. Sources of suffering as well as reactions to suffering are then presented.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Béfékadu
mesh_terms: D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: La souffrance: clarification conceptuelle.