In our so civilised and high-tech country, a great many people suffer unimaginable pain completely unnecessarily. This has to stop! Says the well-known pain therapist and palliative doctor Sven Gottschling. In coherent language, he shows how pain after an operation is not necessary, how pain sensitivity particularly in new-borns and the elderly can be taken into consideration, what one can do against head, stomach and back ache and how people suffering chronic pain can find quick access to an effective pain therapy.