title: Understanding suffering: what palliative medicine teaches us.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bretscher
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Creagan
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D010819:Physician's Role; D014481:United States