I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.

Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.

Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.

I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.