Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. Ryan White factguaranteehundred Change image and share on social
If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries. Bill Hicks armblockcemetery Change image and share on social
Many medical students, like most American patients, confuse science and technology. They think that what it means to be a scientific doctor is to bring to bear the maximum amount of technology on any given patient. And this makes them dangerous. Alice Dreger americanamountbear share on social
Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything. Eric Topol medicalprofession Change image and share on social
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down. Eric Topol boundarycocoondigital Change image and share on social
Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. Ezekiel Emanuel aliveantibioticassist share on social
My efforts to join the fight against breast cancer all began around the fact that women were getting short-changed in the medical arena. Evelyn Lauder arenabeginbreast Change image and share on social
Mammograms are really sort of a gift. You can either catch something early or count your lucky stars because nothing was discovered. Either way, you're ahead of the game. Charlotte Ross aheadcatchcount Change image and share on social
To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment? John Paul Stevens coveragedecisionjudgment Change image and share on social
Bioethics has hardened into an activist ideology that pervades the medical world, the schools, and government. John Leo activistbioethicgovernment Change image and share on social
