Pain and Suffering
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a painful psychological condition that is largely limited in psychosocial theory. This exploratory paper examines Borderline Personality Disorder through the theoretical lens of social,... more
Patients with life-threatening illness experience both physical pain and personal suffering, with physical pain being normally circumscribed within the body of the patients' and personal suffering reverberating also on the network of... more
MATOS, Eneas. Considerações sobre os danos morais reflexos no caso de ofensa à integridade física de terceiro e sua reparação na jurisprudência brasileira. In: CAMILLO, Carlos Eduardo Nicoletti Camillo; SMANIO, Gianpaolo Poggio. (Org.).... more
Somehow, by some process, some of the pains and suffering we sustain in life become cognizable legal injuries: if we are hurt through the defamatory utterances of others, we might seek compensation; if we suffer a whiplash in an... more
Gallery guide published in conjunction with the Des Moines Art Center exhibition, Paper Cuts, 2004.
The notion that man "deserves" or "needs" pain, is really pervasive in the atmosphere of Western Christianity, and this affects compassion toward the suffering. It’s also the whole premise behind the nearly unbelievable spectacle of the... more
Sumário: 1. Conceito. 2. Legitimidade de parentes e terceiros por morte. 3. Legitimidade no caso de lesão aos demais direitos da personalidade. Conclusão. Referências.
Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada set an “upper limit” on the amounts which can be awarded as compensation for the non-pecuniary component of a bodily injury. This upper limit is now an effective cap. While the interpretation... more
A study addressing jury decisions regarding punitive damages awards in civil litigation was carried out. Two issues explored were the feet that jurors typically do not have a good metric for assigning a value to such damages and the... more