Lewis G
J Med Ethics. 1978 Sep;4(3):122-5. doi: 10.1136/jme.4.3.122.
In this last of our selection of papers from the London Medical Group Conference on Pain, Gilbert Lewis, through his experiences of living in New Guinea describes to us the various rites, rituals and uses of pain in societies other than our own. He outlines, by example, how what often seems the natural behaviour to us for helping a sufferer in fact, can make matters far worse for other peoples. Although different societies approach the problem of pain from many routes the aim of all is to relieve pain for the sufferers. If the sufferer says he feels relief then that is surely what counts.
在我们从伦敦医学集团疼痛会议精选的最后一篇论文中，吉尔伯特·刘易斯通过他在新几内亚的生活经历，向我们描述了在我们自己的社会之外的其他社会中疼痛的各种仪式、典礼及用途。他举例概述了，对我们来说看似帮助患者的自然行为，实际上可能会让其他人的情况变得更糟。尽管不同社会从多种途径处理疼痛问题，但所有社会的目标都是为患者减轻疼痛。如果患者说他感觉疼痛减轻了，那么这肯定才是最重要的。
