“There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious.” IfsWorldRealJobsTeacherSeriousDoctorsPolicemenReal JobsFiremanArmed Services Author:Charles Barkley
“As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems.” MadeProblemTogetherIndividualPayQualityPracticeTeamSeriousMembersDoctorsPatientWorking TogetherQuantityEconomistTeam Working Author:Atul Gawande
“Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.” TwoBookHomeInterestStudyStudentsSeriousBrotherDoctorsMedicineEducationalDuesLawyerEngagedMy BrotherMy SisterTwo Brothers Author:Frederick Reines
“I've obviously come from a health background. I was a doctor before I became a pollie and one of the things I'd like to do is to really build on the world-class health system we've got. I'm passionate about climate change because it's also a health issue. Things like extreme weather impact on people's health, the ability of our hospitals to cope, the impact on mental health, on farmers in regional areas - they're all serious health concerns.” PeopleWorldAbilityClassIssuesSeriousAreasConcernDoctorsImpactMental HealthClimateClimate ChangePassionateExtremesBackgroundsWeatherHospitalsFarmersWorld ClassHealth IssuesHealth SystemExtreme Weather Author:Richard Di Natale
“A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I had to amputate your arms"” KnowsMenFeelsI CanHumorFunnySeriousArmsDoctorsRoundsLegsAccidentsHospitals Author:Tommy Cooper
“Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. Curtius Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant” SeriousDiseaseDoctorsCuresLatinRemedyHarsh Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus
“A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.” PersonsSeriousDoctorsIllnessSerious IllnessBarristers Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication.” ProblemSeriousDoctorsI RealizedMedication Author:Donna Summer
“I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested but plainspoken, wants-to-talk-about-clothes but serious-minded doctor.' I feel like I would clean up with patients. That's kind of a cocky thing to say.” IfsWantFeelsKindWould BeCultureSeriousPersonalityClothesDoctorsCleanPatientPopsPop CultureCocky Author:Mindy Kaling
“Many people don't know that I experienced a blood clot caused by deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, which is when a blood clot forms in a deep vein in the body, often the leg or thigh. I'm fortunate that my DVT was diagnosed and treated before it led to something even more serious and that's why I encourage people to talk to their doctor if they think something is wrong. I've teamed up with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to raise awareness about blood clot prevention and treatment.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsBodyFormBloodAwarenessSeriousDoctorsRaisesLegsTreatedFortunateTreatmentVeinsThighsPreventionBlood Clots Author:Arnold Palmer
“In the last workshop I taught, a woman flew in from Thailand. She's a medical doctor in Bangkok. I asked her in her one-on-one session where she wanted photography to be in her life.Did she want a second career? Was it about earning money? Or was it art? And she said "None of those. I want photography to be serious in my life." It would be like someone wanting music, like piano playing, to be a richer, deeper, and maybe even harder experience.” WantArtSaidWould BeWantedLastsCareersTaughtSeriousPhotographyDoctorsHarderDeeperMedicalPianoEarningSessionFlewWorkshopsOne On OneThailandEarning MoneyPiano PlayingBangkokMedical Doctor Author:Sam Abell
“That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on Medicare and of a certain age or in serious physical condition, to counsel them on their end-of-life alternatives. I don't believe that was a death panel.” PeopleIfsBelieveEndsCareAgeUsedCertainTermConditionsSeriousDoctorsBillsDon't BelieveAlternativesHealth CareMedicareEnd Of LifeHyperbole Author:Nat Hentoff
“How do we explain for example the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Conakry? Those very powers that swindled and occupied them, in the face of the serious situation of social emergency, have not even had the capacity to send doctors there. In some cases they have sent in militaries instead because that is what they are compelled to do. They have had to send military to do it because they do not even have any doctors with the willingness to risk their lives in order to help those people that are precisely paying for the consequences of years of colonization.” PeopleYearsHelpingFacesOrderSocialSituationCasesRiskMilitaryExampleSeriousConsequenceCapacityDoctorsWillingnessCompelledEmergenciesEpidemicsColonizationGuineaSierraEbolaSierra Leone Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“In the field of medicine, if you're sick you need a doctor. A doctor has already studied how to deal with your ailments, and human beings are imperfect. There any many ailments of the psyche and the soul that need to be treated, and the serious murshid, or spiritual master, is also really a doctor of the soul: a person who can heal the wounds of the soul in the same way as a medical doctor takes care of our physical problems.” IfsWayNeedsHumansPersonsSoulProblemCareSpiritualHuman BeingsDealsFieldsSeriousMastersDoctorsSickMedicineTake CareMedicalWoundsHealTreatedImperfectAilmentsSpiritual MastersMedical Doctor Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr