Respuesta :
["You see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. And above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up."]
Answer: [The doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "What's to be done? These sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them."]"
Explanation: The lines from this excerpt from "The Death Of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy that best reflect the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients are stated above. It is clear that the author does not believe that doctors care about their patients. the smile of contemptuous affability of the doctor shows this lack of respect for his patients' sufferings.