Medicine ethics and theology embrace various ideas and concepts regarding human suffering -
ranging from pain suffering from loneliness a lack of meaning or finitude to a religious
understanding of suffering grounded in a suffering and compassionate God. In the practices of
clinical medical ethics and health care chaplaincy these diverse concepts overlap. What kind
of conflicts arise from different concepts in patient care and counseling and how should they
be dealt with in a reflective way? Fostering international interdisciplinary scientific
conversations the book aims to deepen the discussion in medical ethics concerning the
understanding of suffering and the caring and counseling of patients.
