a psychiatrist without compassion is a terrifying thing…

“Because doctors can’t name the illness, everyone—the patient's family, friends, health insurance, and in many cases the patient—comes to think of the patient as…

— Joseph Dumit

“It must be noted that there is no proof that it is justified to apply the label somatisation to such conditions as chronic fatigue…

— Per Dalén

“Although it is important to be able to recognise and disclose symptom of physical illnesses or injury, you need to be more careful about…

— Alison Miller

You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.

— William S. Burroughs

“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to locate.”

— Christine Montross

“Is it going to hurt?" "You bet." Sergeant Major had a lousy bedside manner.”

— Ilona Andrews

Hardy Cates," I said, coming into the room, "you behave, or I'll step on your tube." The nurse seemed taken aback by my unsympathetic…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Morbid anatomy is essential to training and research, but leads many doctors into thinking that life is an agitation in something essentially dead. They…

— Alasdair Gray

These doctors, who had long experience with people in pain in addition to their traditional training and schooling, had discovered that nothing happens without…

— Marni Jackson

“A rush of sensation pulsed through her, lingering long after his touch. The towel quickly fell free. He caught it before it slipped to…

— Tracy March

I think, in picking a doctor, you should focus less on the degree and more on their knowledge, bedside manner, communication, and patients' experiences.

— Mikhail Varshavski

In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.

— Eric Ambler

“Dr. Bone Specialist came in, made me stand up and hobble across the room, checked my reflexes, and then made me lie down on…

— Laurie Notaro

When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we don't treat…

— Taylor Goldsmith

“Next day, after lunch, I went to see "our" doctor, a friendly fellow whose perfect bedside manner and complete reliance on a few patented…

— Vladimir Nabokov