Chapter 193 – Visiting the Sick
193.1) Visit the sick.
193.2) Sit on the same level as the patient when visiting.
193.3) Visit the sick to determine what you can do to help him and pray for his mercy.
193.4) You may pray in front of a sick person in any language.
193.5) Do not give the patient false hopes.
193.6) Do not bequeath property to strangers above your natural heirs.
193.7) Appoint a guardian for minor children when you are ill.
193.8) If the sick person wants to make kinyan (symbolical form of making an agreement binding by handing over an object from one to the other ) of the contracting parties) to seal his will, he may do this on a Sabbath.
193.9) Do not inform a sick person of a death in his family.
193.10) Do not visit a person afflicted with intestinal pains so as not to embarrass them.
193.11) If you have two precepts to perform, visiting a sick person and comforting a mourner, visit the sick person first. If you can only perform one, go see the mourner.
193.12) Visit non-Jews during an illness to preserve peaceful relations.
193.13) You should encourage the ill person to confess. The Scriptural instruction is elaborated on in the source.
193.14) A brief form of confession can be found when consulting your source.