Diagnosis Quotes

Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

I was diagnosed with an early, early stage of prostate cancer. I was almost a vegetarian then. I was heading that direction. What pushed me over the edge, was the doctor who did the diagnosis. He said in a discussion about prostate cancer that he had never seen a vegetarian with prostate cancer. And this is not a holistic doctor, this is a regular, mainstream doctor. And I was just blown away.

The best indicator of a sociopath serial bully is not a clinical diagnosis but the trail of devastation and destruction of lives and livelihoods surrounding this individual throughout their life.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

An untreatable diagnosis is a statement about the medical system, not the patient.

Diseases can rarely be eliminated through early diagnosis or good treatment, but prevention can eliminate disease.

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

A correct diagnosis is three-fourths the remedy.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

Even your religious friends do not want to hear about God during a medical diagnosis.

To confess ignorance is often wiser than to beat about the bush with a hypothetical diagnosis.

Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.

[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.

The health dollar is very precious. When someone has such a bad condition as brain cancer, we know they're going to die and they're usually going to die within 12 months of diagnosis. They cost a lot of money to keep the patient alive for that period of time. Is it really worth it?

In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice.

I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.

I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called Diagnosis: Unknown.

Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.

Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.