hippocrates said pain is what the patient says it is.
who said pain is what the patient says it is?
hippocrates
a person's self-report is the most reliable measure of pain. some health care professionals may underestimate pain severity. a definition of pain widely employed in nursing, emphasizing its subjective nature and the importance of believing patient reports, was introduced by margo mccaffery in 1968: "pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does". to assess intensity, the patient may be asked to locate their pain on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being no pain at all, and 10 the worst pain they have ever felt. quality can be established by having the patient complete the mcgill pain questionnaire indicating which words best describe their pain.
pain
in the present, batman finds and saves gordon, while the joker flees. despite his ordeal, gordon remains sane and demands that batman capture the joker "by the book". batman follows the joker as the latter tries to persuade him that the world is just one big joke, and that "one bad day" is enough to drive an ordinary man insane. batman subdues joker, tells him that gordon has remained sane, and concludes that joker is alone in his madness. he then attempts to reach out to him, offering rehabilitation. joker apologetically declines, saying it is too late for him. he then says that the situation reminds him of a joke about two patients in an insane asylum who try to escape by leaping over to the adjoining building. the first patient makes it across, but the second patient is too afraid. the first patient says, "hey, i got this flashlight with me. i'll shine it across the gap between the buildings and you can walk across the beam and join me." but the second patient says, "what do you think i am, crazy? you'll just turn it off when i'm halfway across!" batman and joker then have a good laugh at the joke as the police arrive. the joker's laugh trails off while batman continues to laugh, leaving the ending as ambiguous as the comic.
batman: the killing joke (film)