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title: "5 Patient Doctor Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Patient Doctor quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Patient Doctor sayings and thoughts."
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> [Simple intervention - the time spent with a patient - is a very powerful ingredient of the patient-doctor contract. The evidence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marni-jackson/simple-intervention-the-time-spent-with-a-patient-is-a-very-powerful/)

[Marni Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marni-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/marni-jackson-24397_back-pain_simple-intervention-the-time-spent-with_689669.jpg)

> [“People tend to forget they are patients. Once they leave the doctor’s office or the hospital, they simply put it out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/people-tend-to-forget-they-are-patients-once-they-leave-the-doctor-s/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/don-delillo-294_medicine_people-tend-to-forget-they-are-patients_762989.jpg)

> [Look at your life as a patient and a doctor!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tae-yun-kim/look-at-your-life-as-a-patient-and-a-doctor/)

[Tae Yun Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tae-yun-kim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/tae-yun-kim-23455_doctor_look-at-your-life-as-a-patient-and-a-doc_1407946.png)

> [The doctor says to the patient, "Take your clothes off and stick your tongue out the window". "What will that do" asks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henny-youngman/the-doctor-says-to-the-patient-take-your-clothes-off-and-stick-your/)

[Henny Youngman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henny-youngman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/henny-youngman-1539_asks_the-doctor-says-to-the-patient-take-your_1709768.jpg)

> [God bless the physician who warms the speculum or holds your hand and looks into your eyes. Perhaps one subtext of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/god-bless-the-physician-who-warms-the-speculum-or-holds-your-hand-and/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/anna-quindlen-467_bless_god-bless-the-physician-who-warms-the-sp_3003333.png)

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