Ethics-Governance: Article: Caregivers’ Ability to Deal with Suffering

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Caregivers’ Ability to Deal with Suffering Caregivers’ Ability to Deal with Suffering, Dr Paulina Taboada, Profesor Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Alameda 340 Correo Central 1 Santiago, Chile .In his article "Is Suffering the Enemy?" (Hastings Center Report, 2002, 32, 2: 40 – 44) Gunderman makes a challenging statement: "Contemporary medicine’s ability to ‘fix’ certain types of suffering has produced a gradual shift in caregivers’ attention towards those types of suffering that are most fixable. Physicians tend to feel most competent when addressing conditions that they can understand anatomically, physiologically, and biochemically – the conditions for which pharmacological interventions are most readily available." (p. 42). Even though Gunderman is referring to a general tendency in contemporary medicine, his statement invites us to reflect on one of the dangers to which palliative care may be exposed today. Full Article: http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/monthlypiece/eithics2002/pom_sept.htm


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