Hani Abdullah

“This skewing of physicians' thinking leads to poor care. What is remarkable is not merely the consequences of a doctor's negative emotions. Despite research showing that most patients pickup on the physician's negativity, few of them understand its effect on their medical care and rarely change doctors because of it.”
― Jerome Groopman Md

“There is no way to deter old age from its grim duty, but a life of accomplishments makes up in quality for what it cannot add in quantity.”
― Dr. Sherwin Nuland

“I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to make it shorter.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited, or cut off prematurely, or constrained into one path of discussion, then the doctor may not be told something vital. Observers have noted that, on average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.”
― Jerome Groopman Md