TY - BOOK AU - Caramoan, Jeanne, MD. ED - TI - The Impact of cerebral palsy to the family / AV - CFM20110007 PY - 2011/// CY - Fairview, Quezon City PB - Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF N1 - Includes references; RESDCFM N2 - ABSTRACT: Understanding the nature of pain and suffering is a complex challenge for physicians in any environment, but essential knowledge before the accurate assessment and management of that pain is attempted. The human body is far more than just a biophysical entity and all its component parts interact and affect each other when serious illness and chronic pain strikes. The experience of pain therefore is totally unique to the individual and by its very nature in entirely subjective. It is this that makes dealing with pain such an immense challenge for doctors across the world and also of the most rewarding aspectss of palliative care. This paper will look closely at the way pain is described and defined and what we understand are the most common causes of pain.Pain management in a cancer patient is a challenge for Physicians and other health care personnel. Pain experience is unique and highly subjective. Palliative approach on dealing with pain management poses a great deal of challenge for physicians. This will include the concept of "total pain" as first termed by Dame Cicely Saunders in 1967 and how this fits with today`s comples caring environments ER -