Better Quote by Irving Kirsch

Most doctors are uncomfortable with medical conditions that have a psychological basis.

— John E. Sarno

“A good doctor, and in a special sense the psychologist, makes it quite deliberately, slightly harder for the patient to recover too easily. You…

— Lawrence Durrell

If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help.

— Irving Kirsch

A lot of times I talk to people, they say they don't trust the doctors, they don't trust the hospitals and that kind of…

— Larry Hagman

If a person is A) poorly, B) receives treatment intended to make him better, and C) gets better, then no power of reasoning known…

— Peter Medawar

Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence…

— Norman Cousins

Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to…

— Diane Frolov

People used to trust their doctor. They went to an expert. Now people have new ideas and are thinking for themselves. That's a very…

— James Hillman

Increasingly we know that we're going to have multiple medical conditions, and the person who's got the greatest incentive to manage those conditions is…

— Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get.

— Sylvia Plath

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

— Sima Qian

When you put your trust in doctors who are the ones who are supposed to help you and you don't sense that they are…

— Juan Martin del Potro