A Quote by Patch Adams
The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.
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Why should I live? Why should I do anything? Is there in life any purpose which the inevitable death that awaits me does not undo and destroy?
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What comes to a person in his or her life, however difficult it may be, perhaps will help a person move closer to God. The response to tribulation is abr, which is patience, perseverance, steadfastness, and resolve. All?h loves the patient; part of the reason the tribulation comes is to draw the quality of patience out of them - He loves this quality.
The witch doctor succeeds for the same reason all the rest of us succeed. Each patient carries his or her own doctor inside him or her. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.
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