Doctoring Quotes

“..I don't count Jennifer among my mistakes. She had a severe infection and precious little reserve. Nevertheless, I think of her often. Those minutes of terror and confusion I felt standing powerless in her room served as a visceral reminder throughout my training... that the big picture isn't enough in medicine...”
― Lisa Sanders, Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

“Such is the demographic paradox of a junior physician's relationship with his patients: I worry about how to extend their lives. This anxiety inevitably shortens my own.”
― Jacob M. Appel, Phoning Home

“Now do you want me to give you something that’ll help you, or would you rather move into the outhouse and try to shoe horses there?”
― Karen A. Wyle, What Heals the Heart