8. What is my attitude towards the family of my patient? Do I try to understand them? Was I patient with them even when they seemed boring and intrusive to me? What if it was my own child who was sick, or my father? 9. What is my attitude towards those I visit at home? Do I carry out my visits conscientiously and with kindness? Do I get discouraged by my lack of success? When I come across a chronically sick patient during home visits, do I try and care for them? 10. Do I maintain professional confidentiality not only in regards to the diagnosis of the disease, but also concerning the worries and problems entrusted to me by patients and their families while visiting in their homes? 11. Do I try to make procedures as painless as possible for the patients? Do I expose the sick unnecessarily, not respecting their modesty or that of other adults and children who may be present? 12. Do I understand that my duties include caring for the psychological nature of the sick? Do I try to find time to talk to them, am I patient enough? Do I try to entertain an ill child? Do I try and create a peaceful and pleasant atmosphere for the sick? 13. Do I let them feel my fatigue and haste? Have I given my patients promises without being fully aware that I may be unable to keep them? Do I keep my promises? 14. Did I anticipate their wishes and show them genuine care and concern? Do I remember that Christ acted immediately among his sick people, without delay, going out to meet them – and that the Mother of God went about her tasks “in haste”? 15. Do I display less of a caring attitude towards those sick people, whom I do not have much sympathy for, than for those with whom I can empathize? Do I try and control my disgust? Do I complain about ingratitude, and point this out to the sick and their families? And yet only one person cured of leprosy thanked Christ! 107
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjI2Mw==