The following are the four goals of medicine outlined by the Hasting's Center: (Hanson and Callahan, 1999)
"1. prevention of disease and injury and promotion and maintenance of health;
2. relief of pain and suffering caused by ill health;
3. care and cure of those suffering from a malady and care of those who cannot be cured;
4. avoidance of premature death and pursuit of a peaceful death."
Source: Health Care Policy in an Age of New Technologies (2002) by Kant Patel and Mark E. Rushefsky.
