Such attitudes might include kindness, gentleness, sympathy, and patience. We recently read of a young man who donated a lobe of his liver to a stranger after reading in a newspaper of her need. Living unrelated donors are more common but still unusual for renal transplantation. Less remarkable is a living unrelated donor for bone marrow. Blood donation to a stranger is so common as not to be noticed, but is still an action motivated by high ideals.
Some people have a habit or disposition to do what is morally right and praiseworthy.
It might be described as a character trait. It leads the person to always or usually act in accord with moral principles, rules, and ideals. A patient s relationship with a physician is dependent upon trust. Patients who do not trust their physicians often assume poor outcomes to be the result of poor physician judgement, carelessness, and negligence. The degree of trust we have for others often is based on their jobs and positions.