Responding to the cues of suffering.

J M Morse

Journal: Health care for women international 2000;21(1):1-9

PMID: 11022445

Abstract

Enduring and suffering are fundamental and normal responses to catastrophic loss, yet strangely these two basic states have not been extensively explored using qualitative methods. Both states occur commonly as a human response to illness, injury, and bereavement, and it is the role of professional caregivers to respond to people who are in distress. In this article, I distinguish between states of enduring and suffering, discuss the distinctly different and appropriate comforting strategies to be used with each, and conclude by presenting questions for future research.

Address: International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1080/073993300245366

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MeSH Terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Cues, Grief, Helping Behavior, Humans, Life Change Events, Nurse-Patient Relations, Nursing Assessment, Pain, Stress, Psychological