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Abstract
This paper has three main aims. The first is to provide a critical assessment of two rival concepts of suffering, that proposed by Cassell and that proposed in this journal by van Hooft. The second aim of the paper is to sketch a more plausible concept of suffering, one which derives from a Wittgensteinian view of linguistic meaning. This more plausible concept is labeled an 'intuitive concept'. The third aim is to assess the prospects for scientific understanding of suffering.Entities:
Keywords: Health Care and Public Health; Philosophical Approach
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12710565 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022537117643
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Health Care Philos ISSN: 1386-7423