The Hastings Center Report · 1991 · 149 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesMedical EducationEthicsMedical EthicsMoral DevelopmentEmotional DistressEmpathyExistential SufferingHealing SystemsIllness PerceptionProblem Of SufferingAesthetic ImpactExistential Problem Of SufferingIllness ExperienceIllness Perceptions Of Pain
Medicine and ethics alike must learn properly to attend to suffering.\nWe can never truly experience another's distress. We can, however, learn to\nrecognize the particular purposes, values, and aesthetic responses that shape\nthe sense of self whose integrity is threatened by pain, disease, and the\nmischances of life.