“I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief.” ThinkingWayTodayPainLastsCenturyChangedAmountTreatsPatientCancerEnormousReliefProvidingPhysiciansPsychicsSolacePain ReliefTreating Patients Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I love the novel of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful novel. I love the movie of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful movie. And they're totally different. You accept each on its own terms, and that's kind of the ideal.” ThinkingKindDifferentBeautifulTermAcceptingNovelIdealsPatient Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized that what intrigued me was not the science, not the chemistry or biology of medicine, but the narrative - the story of each patient, each illness.” ThinkingStoriesFieldsBrotherDoctorsMedicinePatientIllnessI RealizedNarrativeMy BrotherBiologyChemistryIntrigued Author:Lois Lowry
“I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.” PeopleThinkingDoctorsPatientTreasureProviders Author:Bob McDonnell