title: Medicine and the question of suffering.
abstract: Doctors are not health care providers, and medicine is not a commodity. To practice medicine well, the doctor must attend to each patient as a whole person and be faithful in giving care when cure is not possible.
authors: Department of Medicine and Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago.
authors: R B
authors: RB
authors: Gunderman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care; D014481:United States