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In this chapter, I will be concerned with hope in relation to suffering undergone rather than suffering inflicted by human hand or design. Suffering undergone has two main proximate causes, ill-health precipitated by accident or physiological factors (stimulated or mitigated by environmental influences) and crises of survival where natural disasters take a toll on individuals or communities. Although survivors of natural disasters often receive rescue help and medical care, I shall focus upon a carefully circumscribed medical situation as the issues which can be raised with regard to medical provision, practice and ethics are wide ranging and complex.
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© 2004 Jayne M. Waterworth
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Waterworth, J.M. (2004). Meaning in Life: Confronted with Death. In: A Philosophical Analysis of Hope. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230506022_6
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