Patients Quotes

474 Patients quotes by 333 unique authors

The famous Greek physician Hippocrates administered musical treatments to his patients in 400 B.C. Although this type of treatment did not originate with him, it… — Corinne Heline
People say the effect is only on the mind. It is no such thing. The effect is on the body, too. Little as we know… — Florence Nightingale
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to… — Susan Sontag
I begin each day with holy Mass, receiving Jesus hidden under the appearance of a simple piece of bread. Then I go out into the… — Mother Teresa
One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are… — John Berger
We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying… — Thomas Szasz
As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not… — Maya Angelou
The account he gives of nurses beats everything that even I know of. This young prophet says that they are all drunkards, without exception, Sisters… — Florence Nightingale
Too often a sister puts all her patients back to bed as a housewife puts all her plates back in the plate-rack-to make a generally… — Richard Asher
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much… — Dean Ornish
The only English patients I have ever known refuse tea, have been typhus cases; and the first sign of their getting better was their craving… — Florence Nightingale
It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them. — Cornelius Van Til
Some people still hold [the] view that restraints help psychiatric patients feel safe. I've never met a psychiatric patient who agreed. — Elyn Saks
It [the pharmaceutical industry] is the most profitable industry in the world, and partially funds the US government. It surpasses oil in terms of profits… — Margot Kidder
They say I'm young, but my purpose is the inspiration of a nation, innovation 'till I change the talk into a conversation. I'm like a… — Tyler James Williams
Mythologies were the earliest dreams of mankind, and in the psychotic delusions of his patients, Jung believed he was encountering those dreams again. Freud, too,… — Gary Valentine
I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens. — Roger Ebert
Being too happy is bad for you. 8 on 1 10-scale is just right. Eg. cancer patients are more likely to survive if they're at… — Ed Diener
Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders provides clinicians with essential guidelines to treat patients in the era of managed care. Seven psychiatric… — Judith S. Beck
Taub Therapy gives patients hope that they can recapture the life they had before suffering a stroke or TBI. — Unknown Author
No one I met at this time -- doctors, nurses, practicantes, or fellow-patients -- failed to assure me that a man who is hit through… — George Orwell
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest,… — Plato
Not to employ prayer with my patients was the equivalent of deliberately withholding a potent drug or surgical procedure. — Larry Dossey
If anyone doubts the influence of drug company ads on patients and physicians - consider all those wasted billions of dollars for a pill that… — Robert Bazell
Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a… — Leonard Ravenhill

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