Urbanization and rapid social changes, which have split extended families and sent all those who are capable of working into the marketplace, mean that many hands once available to care for elderly relatives - whether suffering from dementia or simple infirmity - are not there.
But the most basic choice is whether to keep suffering or alleviate it.
In the restroom was a toilet with a digital readout that measured, er, output, and reported whether you were suffering from dehydration.
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Spanish officials who once begged for the ECB to buy its bonds now had to think twice, as they considered whether a population already suffering a deep recession was ready for more austerity, and whether those people would vote them into office again.
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Meetings are a good place to discover whether an organization might be suffering from groupthink.
Some scientists then wondered whether the strength of a person's fingernails might give any indication of whether or not he was suffering from osteoporosis.
But as a practical matter, it is impossible for a health professional to ascertain conclusively whether or not a patient is suffering from back pains or sad feelings.
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Whether or not we can lay psychiatric suffering at the feet of God is too philosophical a question for this blog, but wherever mental illness comes from, the names we give it, the categories we use to describe it, were created by men and women, not nature.
The growth of the entitlement state has been driven by a powerful desire to prevent Americans, whether in the public or private sector, from suffering.
At its core, the question is whether potential wrongdoers are frightened enough about getting caught and suffering painful penalties that they will refrain from bad acts.
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Welfarists and conservation biologists argue over whether, for example, a specific project needs to be put on hold until animal suffering is eliminated, or that a project needs to be terminated if this is not possible.
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The other big issue for governments to think through is whether, and how far, they should come to the rescue of industries and businesses that are suffering in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
Mr Bennetts said the issue was whether the offence of murder should be reduced to manslaughter either because the defendant lost self-control or was suffering from diminished responsibility.
The Home Office said that G4S was suffering from a software problem, which means the contractor cannot guarantee who will turn up where and whether guards have the right training.
The Home Office said Monday that G4S is suffering from a software problem, which means the contractor cannot guarantee who will turn up where and whether guards have the right training.
The Home Office told CNN earlier on Monday that the contractor was suffering from a software problem which meant they could not guarantee who would turn up where, and whether guards had the right training.
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