--- title: "10 Patients Want Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Patients Want quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Patients Want sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/dave-debronkart-26209_doctor_patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know_204746.png" --- > [Patients know what patients want to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-debronkart/patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know/) [Dave deBronkart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-debronkart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/dave-debronkart-26209_doctor_patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know_204746.png) > [I now turn down patients who want an operation but they will have very little gain from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-dubrow/i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-operation-but-they-will-have/) [Terry Dubrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-dubrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/terry-dubrow-7477_gain_i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-ope_67904.jpg) > [The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-foley/the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-under-the-delusion-that-patients/) [Rae Foley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-foley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/rae-foley-26433_common_the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-unde_1829245.jpg) > [“Relatives and patients also want something to be done, rather than ‘nothing’ (which is how they perceive non-operative treatment).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-harris/relatives-and-patients-also-want-something-to-be-done-rather-than/) [Ian Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ian-harris-82584_medicine_relatives-and-patients-also-want-somethi_2213386.png) > [Patients want to be seen as people. For me, the person's life comes first; the disease is simply one aspect of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-siegel/patients-want-to-be-seen-as-people-for-me-the-person-s-life-comes/) [Bernie Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/bernie-siegel-2465_aspect_patients-want-to-be-seen-as-people-for-m_2418090.jpg) > [Everyone is filtering their selfies to make them look perfect. We're seeing it more and more in my clinic - patients want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-nassif/everyone-is-filtering-their-selfies-to-make-them-look-perfect-we-re/) [Paul Nassif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-nassif/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/paul-nassif-10097_look_everyone-is-filtering-their-selfies-to-m_1276140.jpg) > [I'm not the typical doctor that gives patients what they want. I don't do that. I try to give them what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-nassif/i-m-not-the-typical-doctor-that-gives-patients-what-they-want-i-don-t/) [Paul Nassif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-nassif/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/paul-nassif-10097_doctor_i-m-not-the-typical-doctor-that-gives-pa_624583.jpg) > [What patients want is not rocket science, which is really unfortunate because if it were rocket science, we would be doing it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-gilpin/what-patients-want-is-not-rocket-science-which-is-really-unfortunate/) [Laura Gilpin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-gilpin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/laura-gilpin-41869_doctor_what-patients-want-is-not-rocket-science_2270495.jpg) > [“Our principal claim here is that patients and doctors should be free to make their own agreements about that right. If patients…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-h-thaler/our-principal-claim-here-is-that-patients-and-doctors-should-be-free/) [Richard H. Thaler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-h-thaler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/richard-h-thaler-8113_freedom_our-principal-claim-here-is-that-patient_177530.jpg) > [The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/the-therapist-does-not-treat-patients-by-simply-giving-them-another/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/nhat-hanh-515_belief_the-therapist-does-not-treat-patients-by_342305.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patients-want/#itemlist", "name": "Patients Want Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Patients know what patients want to know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave deBronkart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-debronkart/patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/dave-debronkart-26209_doctor_patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know_204746.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/dave-debronkart-26209_doctor_patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know_204746.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/dave-debronkart-26209_doctor_patients-know-what-patients-want-to-know_204746.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Patients know what patients want to know.” — Dave deBronkart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I now turn down patients who want an operation but they will have very little gain from it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Dubrow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-dubrow/i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-operation-but-they-will-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/terry-dubrow-7477_gain_i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-ope_67904.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/terry-dubrow-7477_gain_i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-ope_67904.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/terry-dubrow-7477_gain_i-now-turn-down-patients-who-want-an-ope_67904.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I now turn down patients who want an operation but they will have very little gain from it.” — Terry Dubrow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rae Foley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-foley/the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-under-the-delusion-that-patients/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/rae-foley-26433_common_the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-unde_1829245.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/rae-foley-26433_common_the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-unde_1829245.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/rae-foley-26433_common_the-doctor-will-persist-in-laboring-unde_1829245.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.” — Rae Foley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Relatives and patients also want something to be done, rather than ‘nothing’ (which is how they perceive non-operative treatment).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Harris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-harris/relatives-and-patients-also-want-something-to-be-done-rather-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ian-harris-82584_medicine_relatives-and-patients-also-want-somethi_2213386.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ian-harris-82584_medicine_relatives-and-patients-also-want-somethi_2213386.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ian-harris-82584_medicine_relatives-and-patients-also-want-somethi_2213386.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Relatives and patients also want something to be done, rather than ‘nothing’ (which is how they perceive…” — Ian Harris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Patients want to be seen as people. 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