Samuel Shem Quotes

• At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse

  Samuel Shem

  Pulse, Firsts, Procedures

  Samuel Shem (2010). “The House of God”, p.152, Penguin

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• There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.

  Samuel Shem

  Strong, Numbers, Body

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• The delivery of medical care is to do as much nothing as possible.

  Samuel Shem

  Care, Medical, Delivery

  Samuel Shem (2010). “The House of God”, p.311, Penguin

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• I make my patients feel like they're still part of life, part of some grand nutty scheme instead of alone with their diseases. With me, they still feel part of the human race.

  Samuel Shem

  Race, Medicine, Disease

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• The patient is the one with the disease

  Samuel Shem

  Disease, Patient, House Of God

  "The House of God". Book by Samuel Shem, September 7, 2010.

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• Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head.

  Samuel Shem

  Years, Empathy, Three

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