Disease Quote by Samuel Shem Download Open image “The patient is the one with the disease” — Samuel Shem ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disease Patience Patient
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a poor doctor who can't cure one disease without giving you another. — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge?… — Peter Lewis Allen Copy Share Image
Patients want to be seen as people. For me, the person's life comes first; the disease is simply one aspect of it, which I… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. — William Osler Copy Share Image
“We were putting into these gomers our fear of death, but who knew if they feared death? Perhaps they welcomed death like a dear… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Paranoia's OK," said Berry, "it's just a more primitive defense. If you think someone's watching you, you think you're not alone.” — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Law XIII. THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE” — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head. — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Basch: So why don't you ask her out? The Runt: I'm scared she wouldn't like me and say no. -So what? What have you… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will not let them.” — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Every intern makes mistakes. The important thing is neither to make the same mistakes twice nor to make a whole bunch of mistakes all… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm. — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“I found myself thinking of Potts as a tragic figure, a guy who'd been a happy towheaded kid you'd love to take fishing with… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Life's like a penis; When it's soft you can't beat it; When it's hard you get screwed. - The Fat Man, Medical Resident in… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“But gomers are not just dear old people,” said Fats. “Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
Women still, when they have breast cancer, go to work; they still lead their lives. They have to. I just did what I was… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
The strains and stresses suffered by the individual in society are grounded in the normal functioning of that society (and of the individual!) rather… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“As a special branch of general philosophy, pathogenesis had never been explored. In my opinion it had never been approached in a strictly scientific… — Blaise Cendrars Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in… — Alfred the Great Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
If you are a white male, you don't deserve to live. You are a cancer, you're a disease, white males have never contributed anything… — Noel Ignatiev Copy Share Image
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Religion is a disease. It is born of fear; it compensates through hate in the guise of authority, revelation. Religion, enthroned in a powerful… — George Amos Dorsey Copy Share Image
