The patient is the one with the disease

The patient is the one with the disease

Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head.

I make my patients feel like they're still part of life, part of some grand nutty scheme instead of alone with their diseases. With me, they still feel part of the human race.

The delivery of medical care is to do as much nothing as possible.

There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.

At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse