Abstract
Palliative care and the tradition of Catholic healthcare share a common concern: cura personalis, or the care of the whole person. Nowhere is this concern more apparent or more challenging than in the management of pain and suffering. This chapter will examine medical aspects of the management of pain, but the primary focus will be on the moral teaching regarding the treatment of both pain and suffering. This will be applied to issues of pain management at the end-of-life, application of the principle of double effect, terminal sedation, and the appreciation of the wide spectrum of suffering with a view to offering support that respects the patient’s human dignity.
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Donovan, G.K. (2019). The Catholic Moral Tradition on Pain and Symptom Management. In: Cataldo, P., O’Brien, D. (eds) Palliative Care and Catholic Health Care . Philosophy and Medicine, vol 130. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05005-4_6
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