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Identifying signals of suffering by linking verbal and facial cues.
2003
Spiers, J., Morse, J., Olson, K., Beres, M., Mayan, M.
Here, the authors describe microanalytically the two main behavioral states in suffering (enduring and emotional suffering) so that in subsequent research, appropriate comforting responses to ease and relieve suffering can be identified for each behavioral state. Their objectives were to describe...
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2013
This project/dissertation began with the question: Is it possible to alleviate or diminish a person’s pain and suffering in the transitional space from the time of the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness throughout the illness trajectory until death, and his or her family’s subsequent...
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Fall 2011
This dissertation is comprised of three articles that use neuropsychological research and technologies to consider the issues of organized flexibility, the self, and pain versus suffering. The first study outlines a theoretical model based on the contention that the human mind emerges in part...