Things happen. We can't explain them, we can't control them, but they do happen. Miracles do happen in medicine. They happen everyday, just not always when we need them to happen.
MiraclesMeredith Grey in Grey's Anatomy, Season 3 Episode 17What would you prefer - a doctor who holds your hand while you die, or one who ignores you while you get better? I suppose it would particularly suck to have a doctor, who ignores you while you die.
Gregory House in Dr. House, Season 1 Episode 3Sometimes, the cure is a little taste of the disease. The difference between medicine and poison sometimes is only dosage.
Arthur Harrow in Moon Knight, Season 1 Episode 2I didn't become a doctor because I wanted to be god. I became a doctor because I wanted to save lives.
Derek Shepherd in Grey's AnatomySarkov: "That's doctor-patient privilege."
Juan: "I thought you were a scientist."
Sarkov: "It's all the same. We all wear white coats and have trouble with eye contact."
You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
Earl WilsonModern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.
Ivan IllichMedical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.
Michael J. FoxHealing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
HippocratesWherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
HippocratesWhenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
Hippocrates