Sunday, November 22, 2020

THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

 

DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP (DPR) IN THE MODERN WORLD

J.C MEEROFF MD, PhD         Clinical Associate Prof of Medicine, FAU 

SUSANA MEEROFF                Director of Health Services and Administration,

                    South Florida Institute of Integrative Medicine

 


 

“People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt”. Seneca the Young

“Always treat the patient not the laboratory numbers”.  Prof Dame Sheila P V Sherlock

“There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their tongues”.   William Osler

"It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."  Hippocrates

“In a pathetic society a bad doctor is one who if you are not sick, makes you sick”. J.C. Meeroff 

"Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.”     Erich Fromm

"There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood"       Santiago Ramon y Cajal