Once the notion of depression had begun to dominate the diagnostic armamentarium, it became but a matter of time before patients with relatively mild disorders of mood or anxiety would be entered into it. Sherwin B. Nuland anxietyarmamentariumbegin share on social
Though moral axioms to guide the conduct of the practitioner have existed since the beginnings of the profession of healing, Western doctors are most likely to view the Hippocratic Oath of approximately two-and-a-half millennia ago as the first codified set of statements to which they can look for guidance. Sherwin B. Nuland agoapproximatelyaxiom share on social
If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work. Sherwin B. Nuland diseaseoperationwork Change image and share on social
'Death with dignity' is our society's expression of the universal yearning to achieve a graceful triumph over the stark and often repugnant finality of life's last sputterings. But the fact is, death is not a confrontation. It is simply an event in the sequence of nature's ongoing rhythms. Sherwin B. Nuland achieveconfrontationdeath share on social
To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician. Sherwin B. Nuland comfortablegoalphysician Change image and share on social
I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone. Sherwin B. Nuland completeconsciousdeath Change image and share on social
Only by a frank discussion of the very details of dying can we best deal with those aspects that frighten us the most. It is by knowing the truth... that we rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita of death. Sherwin B. Nuland aspectdealdeath share on social
The final disease that nature inflicts on us will determine the atmosphere in which we take our leave of life, but our own choices should be allowed, insofar as possible, to be the decisive factor in the manner of our going. Sherwin B. Nuland allowatmospherechoice share on social
I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for my high school debating team in 1947. Sherwin B. Nuland americanattemptdebate Change image and share on social
Being someone who had had a very difficult childhood, a very difficult adolescence - it had to do with not quite poverty, but close. It had to do with being brought up in a family where no one spoke English, no one could read or write English. It had to do with death and disease and lots of other things. I was a little prone to depression. Sherwin B. Nuland adolescencebringchildhood share on social