The word “malaria” itself derives from the Italian mal aria, or “bad air.”
“doctors need to understand that we are businessmen—nothing less, nothing more—and the sooner we accept this the better.”
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
“the social dimension turns out to be as essential as the scientific—matters of how casual you should be, how formal, how reticent, how forthright. Also: how apologetic, how self-confident, how money-minded. In this work against sickness, we begin not with genetic or cellular interactions, but with human ones.”
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
“It used to be ‘Two hip replacements today—yay!’” he recalled. “Then it became ‘Two hip replacements today—ugh.”
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
“As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives—everyone dies eventually—but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“The reason has to be that doctors remain at least partly motivated by the hope of doing meaningful and respected work for people and society.”
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
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