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