Advice Quote by Jack Kevorkian

Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.

— Vincent de Paul

Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when…

— Ami Bera

Traditional medical ethics, based on the doctor-patient relationship must be changed... The primary function of health care regulations should be to limit an individuals…

— Donald Berwick

The patient decides when it's best to go.

— Jack Kevorkian

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

— Bob McDonnell

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

— Anonymous

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

— Alexander Pope

The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not…

— Plato

I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.

— Susannah Cahalan

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise…

— Jack Kevorkian

Compassionate doctors sometimes lie to patients about the severity of their condition, and it is not always wrong to do so.

— Richard Dawkins

“But in the end it comes down to a matter of respect, and the simplest way that respect is communicated is through tone of…

— Malcolm Gladwell