Accord Quote by Marcia Angell

When he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad…

— Aretaeus of Cappadocia

“As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people's lives including their final moments, let me tell…

— Bernadine Healy

“In psychology it is very important that the doctor should not strive to heal at all costs. One has to be exceedingly careful not…

— C.G. Jung

“...that the doctor being himself a mortal man, should be diligent and tender in relieving his suffering patients, inasmuch as he himself must one…

— Thomas Sydenham

“I believe it’s imperative to bring the light of support and knowledge to patients and families when death is approaching.”

— Lisa J. Shultz

What a doctor or healer tells you is a reflection of the beliefs and expectations you hold. Change your beliefs and you change the…

— Alan Cohen

“Perhaps this is the solution to medicine’s midlife crisis, too: doctors focusing on their noble craft, their relationships with patients, the stuff over which…

— Sandeep Jauhar

“Even doctors — or perhaps especially doctors — need to be touched by something personally to understand the suffering of others. We’ve been taught…

— Jane Wilson-Howarth

When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.

— Hermann Hesse

Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and…

— Marcia Angell

“Time is the cruelest of physicians, healing All wounds, but always slowly, looping A surgical needle through the mind’s flesh, experiencing Torment again over…

— Justin Wetch

When Death lurks at the door, the physician is considered as a God. When danger has been overcome, the physician is looked upon as…

— Hendrik Goltzius