对面临严重健康问题和严重慢性疾病治疗过程的病人和家庭来说，遭受疾病折磨的经历不只是一个个人体验，还是一种会受到形成道德生活过程中的文化和历史变化极大影响的体验，而道德生活在不同时代和社会是不同的。
For patients and families faced with health catastrophes and serious chronic medical conditions, the experience of suffering is not just a personal one, but is strongly influenced by cultural and historical changes in the processes that contribute to moral life being distinctive in different eras and societies.