What we have now is doctors who are actually better technically at what they're doing in their specialty than 30 or 40 years ago, but we lost the relationship, when the doctor would look people in the eye and say, 'I care about you. We can do this together.'
Interpretation
Modern doctors possess better technical skills but often lack the personal touch in patient relationships.
This quote emphasizes the shift in the medical profession over the past few decades. While doctors today may have advanced technical knowledge and skills that surpass those of their predecessors, the essence of patient care has changed, leading to a loss of the genuine human connection that fosters trust and collaboration. The quote highlights the importance of empathy and communication in medicine, suggesting that true healing involves a partnership between doctor and patient.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of patient-centered healthcare, you could reference this quote.
As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there.
As we get better at understanding how little we know about the body, we begin to realize that the next big frontier in medicine, is energy medicine. It's not the mechanistic part of the joints moving. It's not the chemistry of our body. It's understanding for the first time how energy influences how we feel.
In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional to its seriousness and the number of people who suffer from it.
This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.
Most important thing about your diet is who cooks it, a human or a corporation.
The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.
The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.
Medical costs are soaring because our health-care system is totally screwed up. Doctors and hospitals have every incentive to spend on unnecessary tests, drugs, and procedures.
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