She explores their life issues as well as their pulmonary status and encourages patients to ask questions. Because Barthelette considers the patient's level of motivation, she sometimes accepts patients who are physically marginal. Although the initial interview requires a lot of work, Barthelette believes the time is well spent. Although some patients may drop out of the program due to a medical emergency, they always return and complete the course when they recover. Barthelette finds it easy to care about the people in her program.
All patients are so different and interesting in their own way.
There is no way you can't feel something about them. You care about them and want them to have success. Patients truly respond to Barthelette's compassionate personality, according to Siegel. He gets reports from patients constantly praising her concern. Barthelette visited one patient at home when his wife was ill.