Physician Quotations | Page 2

Physicians must be free to make clinical determinations, in accordance with medical standards of care, that best safeguard a woman's life and health. Women and their families, along with their doctors, are simply better than politicians at making decisions about their medical care.

Physicians had about the same degree of concern for the preparation of the medical community as they did for the federal government.

Physicians avoid telephone calls and often refuse to communicate with patients by e-mail because they do not get paid for these types of consultations.

Physicians are providing a service, so it's up to them to provide an environment that's welcoming and comforting, not dull and depressing.

Physicians are no different than you or me. They have a mortgage payment. They have tuition payments, ... They are still here on their own good will, but they are not getting paid for it.

Physicians are interested in providing good patient care. Patients are interested in receiving the best care available. The best way to get there is for us to trust each other.

Physicians are feeling really squeezed financially these days and that is having a direct impact on what they feel they can afford to do.

Physicians are beginning to understand that the only way they'll get in trouble is if they don't do what the patient wanted -- that's why this case is important.

Physicians are at special risk of abusing their authority and intimate access to others,

Physician -- One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.