Suffering
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Suffering
Suffering—background Clinicians commonly see the alleviation of their patients' suffering as one of the principal aims of their clinical work. Public health specialists adopt a similar view. For example, the World Health Organisation website includes >10,000 references to 'suffering'. Crucially, the alleviation of suffering is not the same as alleviation of symptoms. Some interventions may alle...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Integrated Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1568-4156
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.494