#medical

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#data #determine #doctor #duty #evaluate

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#assisting #death #i #include #into

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#advice #always #autonomy #best #contrary

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#anger #been #certainly #condition #does

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#accountants #bill #bill of rights #decisions #doctors

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

#fort #largest #longest #medical #place

Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it. ↗

— Christopher Shays

#accept #agent #community #get #harmed

Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#barack obama #beloved #crisis #family #family member

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. ↗

— Leonard Alfred George Strong

#civilian #down #during #ended #finally

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bodies #cancer #diabetes #diet #disease