The phrase "addressed suffering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of acknowledging or dealing with pain or hardship in a particular context, such as in literature, psychology, or social issues.
Example: "The novel effectively addressed suffering through its portrayal of the protagonist's struggles during the war."
Alternatives: "confronted suffering" or "tackled suffering".
But do we really need to say that we can't address suffering in Congo or Haiti, or anywhere else, because we have our own needs?
Just as medical science has broken down patients' clinical needs and created corresponding specialties, we propose a framework for major types of patient suffering so that health care providers can organize themselves to address suffering more effectively.
But perhaps the critical difference for affecting Christian opinion will be made not by anything done by arms in Afghanistan but rather by what is done -- or not done -- to address suffering there and elsewhere by other means.
He mentions compassion, understanding, a respect for patient autonomy and a responsibility to address suffering.
He provides patients with a safer option that addresses suffering and hastens death.
The patients who touch us, who become our favorites, or who, as friend or family have VIP status and for whom we therefore go far out of our way, help us to understand what addressing suffering means.
In his half-hour speech, to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, he laid out a vision of an Africa policy built on a moral duty to address suffering, a national interest in promoting stability in failed states and an ideological belief in spreading democracy and capitalism.
Self awareness in providers is truly the key to recognizing and addressing suffering in both patients and providers (Connelly, 2009).
Despite the complex problems, we can address suffering there.
"Meditation is there as a way of addressing suffering and the question of enlightenment in the world we actually live in," he said.
