title: Is suffering the enemy?
abstract: The relief of suffering is the great goal of medicine. That physicians give up on suffering when they can do nothing about the underlying condition is one of the contemporary criticisms of medicine. Yet even in irremediable suffering there is something noble, to which physicians should attend.
authors: Richard B
authors: RB
authors: Gunderman
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics