正如我们的情况所表明的那样，病人照护包括，在希望和安慰都被放弃，神正论也结束了的时候，人们要做的事情就是和饱受疾病煎熬的人在一起，在他们身边 — — 通常是安静地陪在他们身边 — — 分担他或她的痛苦。
Care-giving, as illustrated by our case, includes what happens when hope and consolation are abandoned, when theodicy ends, and when all there is to do is to be present with the sufferer, sharing his or her suffering by simply – and usually silently – being there.