I do think that we are an overmedicated society. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes overmedicated society
You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point. Marcia Angell alternativecallconcentrate share on social
Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing. Marcia Angell alternativediseaseexaggerate Change image and share on social
When death is imminent and dying patients find their suffering unbearable, then the physician's role should shift from healing to relieving suffering in accord with the patient's wishes. Marcia Angell accorddeathdie Change image and share on social
'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money. Felix Dennis dickenexpectationfever share on social
We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level. James Lankford additionalbenefitcheck share on social