I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.
It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.
As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose.
Increasingly we know that we're going to have multiple medical conditions, and the person who's got the greatest incentive to manage those conditions is the patient him or herself.
There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.
A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.