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Every time a new drug comes out, I read what the side effects are and how many people really get better, and I add in the side effects and the adverse reactions. When you do that, and subtract out the placebo effect, not many new medications make a difference.

— Victoria Sweet

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Is anything interfering with viriditas [vigor]? What can I do to remove it?

Patients are not consumers, but sick, scared, vulnerable. Doctors and nurses are practicing a calling, a vocation, a craft and an art.

We can allow for Slow Medicine beds in our hospitals so that doctors have enough time to find out what is really wrong with a patient, and patients have enough time to heal.

Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing (2017)

What do I mean by "soul"?...Presence. Attention. Judgment. Kindness. Above all, responsibility.

...when you're on your pilgrimage, you don't even need to know where you're going. You just have to know when you're off your path.

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