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Samuel Shem quotes: Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will not let them.

Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will not let them.

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

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

Samuel Shem quotes: At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse

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

Samuel Shem quotes: You know what they say: It's better to have dyspareuned than never to have pareuned at all.

You know what they say: It's better to have dyspareuned than never to have pareuned at all.

Samuel Shem quotes: The patient is the one with the disease

The patient is the one with the disease

Samuel Shem quotes: To do nothing for the gomers was to do something, and the more conscientiously I did nothing the better they got.

To do nothing for the gomers was to do something, and the more conscientiously I did nothing the better they got.

Samuel Shem quotes: It's an incredible paradox that being a doctor is so degrading and yet is so valued by society

It's an incredible paradox that being a doctor is so degrading and yet is so valued by society

Samuel Shem quotes: Law XIII. THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE

Law XIII. THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE

Samuel Shem quotes: A BMS hears hoofbeats outside his window, the first thing he thinks of is a zebra

A BMS hears hoofbeats outside his window, the first thing he thinks of is a zebra

Samuel Shem quotes: There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.

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

Samuel Shem quotes: Only write if you can't not.

Only write if you can't not.

Samuel Shem quotes: Life's like a penis; When it's soft you can't beat it; When it's hard you get screwed. - The Fat Man, Medical Resident in The House of God

Life's like a penis; When it's soft you can't beat it; When it's hard you get screwed. - The Fat Man, Medical Resident in The House of God