The delivery of medical care is to do as much nothing as possible.
At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse
Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head.
The patient is the one with the disease
There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.
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.