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# One should visit the non-Jew sick people just like one visits the sick Jews. <ref>Kitzur S"A 193:12</ref> | # One should visit the non-Jew sick people just like one visits the sick Jews. <ref>Kitzur S"A 193:12</ref> | ||
# A sick person doesn't need to stand in honor of his visitors even if the prince enters. <ref>Rama YD 376:1 </ref> | # A sick person doesn't need to stand in honor of his visitors even if the prince enters. <ref>Rama YD 376:1 </ref> | ||
# A sick person must seek expert doctors and medicines and not rely on miracles.<ref>Rambam (Deot 4:1) writes that a person must stay away from things that destroy a person’s body and practice healthy habits. Shevet Yehuda YD 336:1 writes that a sick person must go to the doctor and there’s almost a strong obligation on the sick person and his family to find an expert doctor and good medicine. One may not rely on a miracle. See also Sh”t Yabea Omer 4 CM 6:4(4) who gives the background to this topic and concludes with this approach. Yalkut Yosef (Bikur Cholim 38-9) writes that it seems that the sick person may refuse a certain visitor from coming and it’s not considered an issue of not seeking a way to become healthy, but there may be an issue for the sick person to refuse anyone from visiting him. </ref> | |||
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