title: Theoretical thinking on suffering.
abstract: This is an introduction to the column on the Concept Inventing of Sufferance.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Nursing, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota.
authors.forename: Sandra Schmidt
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bunkers
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: Concept Inventing; Humanbecoming; Suffering