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Here we are dedicated to the central problem of thinking about sadness and joy in scenarios of armed conflict, violence, war and pain. We want to show that the richness of life in general carries in itself the challenge of assessing, case by case, that which serves the vital expansion and duration of all life. We say here: we cannot forget the substantial contexts in which life expresses in order to bring the behavior of a practical ethical nature, judgments that will try to define in the range of joy and sadness. We affirm that the grounds for action, the actions themselves, the behavior that we assume from others, can be understood among those going to the meeting and favoring life and those that end, overwhelmed, censor, prohibit, limit and end up with it. In the first part, we characterize the general problem of armed conflict and violence in the expression "If there was time for sadness." Then, we characterize the concepts of power and sadness to formulate the central question of how we will live together with the recognition and traces of terror and pain. Finally, we propose a solution to this question in the thesis on collective experimentation and networking. This last part will be conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: Describe what hospitalization in an intensive care unit (ICU) means to critically ill patients. Method: This is a research project with a phenomenological approach. It includes nine adults between the ages of 24 and 80 who were critically ill and hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Information was collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed pursuant to the scheme proposed by Cohen, Kahan and Steeves. The study was conducted in Medellín, Colombia, between April and October 2005. Results: The study made it possible to describe the "harshness" of the experience and the difficulties that emerged during the illness, as well as the physical and psychological suffering and some of the conditions that contributed to suffering. Discussion: The experience of having a critical illness and being hospitalized in an ICU is harsh, given the suffering occasioned by the effects of the illness, the elements used in treatment, and the procedures conducted to resolve the illness. Conclusion: The manifestations of an illness in the organism and in the person, medical and surgical interventions, and nursing procedures can cause suffering that contributes to the harshness of the experience of being critically ill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]