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Question
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
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Solution
Dr. Barnard’s father accepted suffering as God’s will. He also believed that suffering ennobles humans. But Dr. Barnard found no meaning in the agony and suffering of patients and especially of the young children.
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