"As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive."
"I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course."
Groucho Marx on Medical"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."
Groucho Marx on Medical"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
Erma Bombeck on Medical"They certainly give very strange names to diseases."
Plato on Medical"Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it."
Erma Bombeck on Medical"For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system."
"Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do."
"If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard."
"Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right."
"Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on."