“We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“...by the end of my first week as an intern, I am just about ready to throw my pager out the window. A high window. Overlooking a trash compactor. Filled with highly corrosive acid.”
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“Label-locked thinking can affect treatment. For instance, I heard a doctor say about a kid with gastrointestinal issues, “Oh, he has autism. That’s the problem”—and then he didn’t treat the GI problem.”
― The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
― The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
“Doctors are great--as long as you don't need them.”
― A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient
― A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient
“Everything teeters between pathos and bathos: here you are, violating society's most fundamental taboos and yet formaldehyde is a powerful appetite stimulant, so you also crave a burrito.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
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