Bedside Manner Quotes

• Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Diagnosis, Manners, Substitutes

  "The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from 1990". Book by Ronald D. Pasquariello, p. 103, 1991.

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• You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.

  William S. Burroughs

  Funny, Doctors, Drug

  William S. Burroughs (2012). “Junky: The Definitive Text of "Junk"”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.

  Eric Ambler

  Men, Civilization, Political

  Eric Ambler (2011). “A Coffin for Dimitrios”, p.77, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• These doctors, who had long experience with people in pain in addition to their traditional training and schooling, had discovered that nothing happens without communication, treatment based on evidence of outcome, and what used to be called a good bedside manner.

  Marni Jackson

  Pain, Communication, Doctors

  Marni Jackson (2012). “Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign”, p.122, A&C Black

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• Hardy Cates," I said, coming into the room, "you behave, or I'll step on your tube." The nurse seemed taken aback by my unsympathetic bedside manner. But Hardy's gaze met mine in a moment of bright, hot voltage, and he relaxed, reassured in a way that cooing sympathy could never have done. "That only works if it's a breathing tube," he told me.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Taken, Breathing, Nurse

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.171, St. Martin's Press

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• No," I replied testily. "I'm pretty sure 'digital' is Latin for 'fingeral,' so finger cancer equals digital cancer. This is all basic anatomy, Dr. Roland." The Dr. Roland told me that he thought I was overreacting, and the "fingeral" wasn't even a real word. Then I told him that I though he was underreacting, probably because he's embarrassed that he doesn't know how Latin works. Then he claimed that "underrecating" isn't a word either. The man has a terrible bedside manner.

  Jenny Lawson

  Real, Cancer, Latin

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