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"The Problem of Pain answers the universal question, Why would an all-loving, all-knowing God allow people to experience pain and suffering? Master Christian apologist C.S. Lewis asserts that pain is a problem because our finite, human minds selfishly believe that pain-free lives would prove that God loves us. In truth, by asking for this, we want God to love us less, not more than he does. Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved; that the mere 'kindness' which tolerates anything except suffering in its object is, in that respect at the opposite pole from Love."
The Nature of Suffering: and the Goals of Medicine.
"Cassell explores the differences between pain and suffering and implores physicians to successfully treat the sick while alleviating suffering. Drawing on a number of patient narratives, text emphasizes what the goals of modern medicine should be."
"A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN? Can such a place exist? It not only can, it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences. His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced Dr. Paul Brand that pain truly is one of Gods great gifts to us. In this inspiring story of his fifty-year career as a healer, Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals its importance."