Patients Quotes

474 Patients quotes by 333 unique authors

Everyone works in the service of man. We doctors work directly on man himself... The great mystery of man is Jesus: 'He who visits a… — Gianna Beretta Molla
A study of over 10,000 patients shows clearly that chemo's supposedly strong track record with Hodgkin's disease (lymphoma) is actually a lie. Patients who underwent… — John Diamond
I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when they… — Oliver Sacks
Psychoanalysis has changed American psychology from a diagnostic to a therapeutic science, not because so many patients are cured by the psychoanalytic technique, but because… — Karl A. Menninger
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of… — Michael E. DeBakey
The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potionsâ€¦ — William Osler
To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life would be bad for teacher and worse for student.… — William Osler
Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health. — William Osler
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and… — Samuel Wilson
Services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example… — Ezekiel Emanuel
Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely lipstick cost control, more for… — Ezekiel Emanuel
The epithet beautiful is used by surgeons to describe operations which their patients describe as ghastly, by physicists to describe methods of measurement which leave… — George Bernard Shaw
Treating only terminal cancer patients, the Rand (anti-cancer) vaccine produced objective improvement in 35% of 600 patients while another 30% demonstrated subjective improvement. FDA stopped… — Barry Lynes
In 1975, the respected British medical journal Lancet reported on a study which compared the effect on cancer patients of (1) a single chemotherapy, (2)… — Barry Lynes
The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him. — Sigmund Freud
As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals,… — Atul Gawande
Because ALS is underfunded, patients have had no option but to fade away and die. That is not OK. — Steve Gleason
Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff,… — Ellie Goulding
Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying. — Stanislav Grof
I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died… — Ornette Coleman

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