Family Quote by Martha Stephens

Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.

— Dorothy Parker

“She was able to draw no conclusions because her husband's patients, except for mutual friends, were part of his private domain; they were people…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“What is odd, perhaps, is how the primacy of patient autonomy and informed consent over efficacy—which is what we’re talking about here—was presumed, but…

— Ben Goldacre

“The problem was that there was no treatment. No cure. There was nothing that...any medical professional could do. If I'd been fully human, I…

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience.”

— Jane Austen

“before they reached the clinic. The doctor told them that though”

— Grace Fisher

“High altitude illness and disease research is where radiation health research was during the time of Marie Curie.”

— Steven Magee

“The following year, she quit. Several things were bothering her. Safety protocols seemed to have no bearing on actual practice; she saw too many…

— Jennifer Block

“It was a relief for someone to explain what was wrong, what had happened. No one else, none of those doctors in their white…

— Catherine Lacey

“As a result of its investigation, the NIH said that to qualify for funding, all proposals for research on human subjects had to be…

— Rebecca Skloot

“The law places the responsibility for obtaining consent for medical treatment on the provider who will perform the procedure.”

— Janice R. Ellis

“I knew she had been right about her situation: while doctors are able to help many people, for her, they could only tell her…

— Garth Stein