Bozzaro C
Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin, Stefan-Meier-Str. 26, 79104, Freiburg, Deutschland.
Schmerz. 2016 Aug;30(4):317-22. doi: 10.1007/s00482-016-0136-3.
Medicine is increasingly being confronted with expectations that it provide more permanent and comprehensive freedom from pain - and the prospect of being pain free is partially even being held out by medical science itself. In our cultural context, there is now the established idea that pain is something that medical science and technology can - and must - "get rid of." This idea is particularly problematic when it comes to chronic pain. Furthermore, it obscures the fact that pain is a significant element of life and one that can have existential meaning. Therefore, it is crucial to reflect on the scope of this wish for medicine to relieve and eliminate pain.
医学越来越多地面临着提供更持久、更全面的无痛状态的期望——甚至医学本身也部分地给出了无痛的前景。在我们的文化背景下，现在已经确立了这样一种观念，即疼痛是医学科学和技术能够——而且必须——“消除”的东西。当涉及到慢性疼痛时，这种观念尤其成问题。此外，它掩盖了疼痛是生活的一个重要元素且可能具有存在意义这一事实。因此，反思医学缓解和消除疼痛这一愿望的范围至关重要。
