“Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit about that. When the car companies were found to have a memo that actually said, "This safety feature costs X and saved Y lives," the very existence of that memo was considered damning. Or when you made it reimbursable for a doctor to ask, "Do you want heroic care at the end-of-life," that was a death panel. No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking somebody to make a decision.” WantMadeSaidEndsRealityCareAsksFoundDecisionDealsExistenceCompanyCarCostResourcesDoctorsAskingSafetyTradeSavedMade ItFeaturesHeroicFiniteEnd Of LifeExplicitTrade OffsMemos Author:Bill Gates
“Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'” TryingDiesAsksLeftSpeakConsciousnessStreetsDoctorsMarvelousBeatenSighApesGorillas Author:John McCain
“Many people are intimidated by doctors. ... People also feel stupid when they don't understand what a doctor's talking about the first time around, so they don't ask again. And let's be honest here, people. English is not a doctor's first language.” PeopleFeelsFirstsAsksLanguageTalkingHonestStupidFirst TimeDoctorsBeing HonestIntimidated Author:Erma Bombeck
“Heart surgeons do not have the world's smallest egos: when you ask them to name the world's three leading practitioners, they never can remember the names of the other two.” WorldHeartTwoRememberThreeAsksNamesEgoDoctorsSmallestSurgeons Book:Windy City Blues Source: Windy City Blues
“You get a concussion. It could take 30, 40 days until that starts to come to life where you're in agony. Ask any doctor.” AsksDoctorsAgonyConcussions Author:David Gest
“Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.” AsksRoomsDoctorsSmokingHospitalsItalianEmergenciesPrescriptionsEmergency Room Author:Derrick Williams
“To me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle. The witch doctor tries to convince us that we have to ask God for help, to spell out to him what we need, even to bribe him with prayer or cash on the line.” MenNeedsTryingHelpingTogetherAsksLinesPrayerMiddleDoctorsConvinceWitchSpellsCashBribePersonal ThingsConvince UsWitch Doctors Author:Frank Sinatra