That is, when an individual is condemned to pain and suffering, one of the most frustrating and scary aspects of this experience is the lack of control they have over their lives. That is why helping patients retain some little element of control over their physical lives, such as making day to day decisions, is often extremely important to their emotional life. The problem remains that for those who cannot find meaning in their lives of suffering, the loss of control often engenders a powerful wish to actively do the one thing that can still be done to end the pain and to stop life from pushing them around - to quit life. Unfortunately, doctors in our society are sometimes treated like gods. Modern science and medicine have become religions in which people look to their practitioners as they once did to their spiritual leaders.
Society thereby places enormous pressure on doctors to solve all of their problems.
When doctors face their own limitations, they experience it as a loss of control. We need to realize that, with all of the wonderful benefits given the world by modern medicine, we will still never be able to overcome death and make human beings immortal. Conclusion History has repeatedly shown that the survival of a civilization depends on the strength of its moral fabric. Our modern civilization, with all of its advances in science, medicine and technology, has begun to show decline and decay in its moral and spiritual life. With the problems we face in the areas of violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, hatred and intolerance of others and the breakdown of the nuclear family, there is little reason for individuals who live in pain and suffering to want to live.