"We are guests in our patients' lives."

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Source : "Patient Reviews: Putting Doctors on the Examining Table" by Mark Britton, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2011.

Donald Berwick

#Guests Quotes #Patient Quotes

“I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.”
“Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,' they said. 'I'm touring college towns with my garage band.' We were dumbfounded. It was like they were from another planet. Where had they found the derring-do? What would they do about car payments? We got together for going away drinks on their final day and tried to hide our envy while reminding ourselves that we still had the freedom and luxury to shop indiscriminately.”
“The real amateur of wine can only enjoy it along with friends, sharing with them the art of conversation and the art of drinking. Wine is indeed essentially a sign of civilization, a factor of sociability, friendship.”
“When the balance is restored, people get hurt.”
“Since I went public with my story, I've never experienced such hate. I sometimes want to crawl under my blanket and hide forever and say, "No, that's some other girl who had an opinion." My blood has boiled a few times, but I just have to come back to earth and say people are entitled to their own opinions and I'm entitled to share my story the way I want. And that's exactly what I'm doing.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Until we express ourselves, tell our elected officials what we expect from them, we can't expect them to do it on their own.”
“The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.”
“Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.”

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