Cassell’s Distinction between Pain and Suffering

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Cassell’s Distinction between Pain and Suffering
Dr. Cassell defines suffering as a severe state of distress related to the forthcoming, perceived, or actual threat to a person's intactness or existential continuity. Throughout the article, Cassell maintains that pain is different from suffering. In addition, he argues that suffering is personal and inmate experience; suffering can be considered severe. Particular distress and that suffering occur when an individual realizes their completeness is under threat and disrupts their intactness.
On the other hand, Cassell attributes pain to physical distress, a sensation, or an experience embedded in beliefs about the causes of diseases and their effect. Cassell made this conclusion based on many case studies he observed and studied. Suffering is experienced by individuals physically but is not limited to it. Thus, according to Cassell, suffering is abou...