I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Retirement shouldn't be making the choice between buying much-needed medication or putting food on the table; making the choice between heating an… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
I had this childhood dream that I wanted to be a doctor, but I came from a neighborhood and an environment where… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell… — Steffi Graf Copy Share Image
In medical school, it's quite possible to get taught that you can diagnose everybody and treat everything. But then you get out… — Barry Marshall Copy Share Image
Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food,… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like… — Jonah Lomu Copy Share Image
Neurosurgery is a new challenge with each case. The preparation, the discipline, the technical skills and the need to perform at your… — Myron Rolle Copy Share Image
Do not meet or overtake a patient who is moving about in order to speak to him or to give him any… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I almost lost my life. Seriously, I almost lost my life. You're 30 and coming off seven straight Pro Bowls and a… — Trent Williams Copy Share Image
If any remedy is tested under controlled scientific conditions and proved to be effective, it will cease to be alternative and will… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
“Not everything we do in life can be studied in a randomized trial powered to find a scientifically valid answer one way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
“Doctors are allowed to tell us things which they might not do themselves. They know what the right thing is, but they… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
If we were to tell you to deliberately spend ten minutes every day envisaging yourself being very ill, you'd quite rightly refuse… — Peter A. Cohen Copy Share Image
Surgery is always second best. If you can so something else, it’s better. Surgery is limited. It is operating on someone who… — John W. Kirklin Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to be dependent on the government for food and housing, and what doctor you are going to… — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
It's important for Black and Latino men to go to the doctor in general. We don't get checked up enough unless something… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
Physical health doesn't exist apart from the health of other things. Health ultimately involves the community, and the community ultimately involves the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's better to walk ALONE than to be in the crowd where you are not Respected and Accepted! ' Nana Adu-Boafo… — Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr Copy Share Image
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
Amy: "Can I come?" Doctor: "Not safe in here, not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes and I'll be right back."… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
I'm a family doctor, and a big part of what I do is preventative care, and breast cancer is one of the… — Mikhail Varshavski Copy Share Image
Medicine is not about conquering diseases and death, but about the alleviation of suffering, minimising harm, smoothing the painful journey of man… — Petr Skrabanek Copy Share Image
Illness is a part of every human being's experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The doctors will treat those of your citizens whose physical and psychological constitution is good: as for the others, they will leave… — Plato Copy Share Image
I'm fully aware that 'Doctor Who' will always, always be part of my life, and that's not something I would run away… — Freema Agyeman Copy Share Image
as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It took about six years to get the Black Lung stuff. It didn't come just instantly. Sometimes, I see lobby groups, today,… — Richard Grimes Copy Share Image
The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“I'm a doctor," she reminded him. “Nothing embarrasses me.” “Yeah? So if I call the hospital while you’re making rounds, you won’t… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
