Marcia Angell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.”

“I do think that we are an overmedicated society.”

“Japan has very long hospital stays. Ah, it's almost a rest cure. People in Japan who are hospitalized might lie around the hospital for a week or two just to take a rest.”

“Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and honored, and we should put every effort into treating their symptoms.”

“There is something so biologically implausible that your attitude is going to cure a disease. There's a tremendous arrogance to imagine that your mind is all that powerful.”

“You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point.”

“Drug companies say they need to charge ever-higher prices to cover their research costs, but they spend far less on research and development than they do on marketing and administration, and afterwards they actually keep more in profits.”

“Obamacare is simply incapable of doing what it is supposed to do - provide nearly universal care at an affordable and sustainable cost.”

“Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.”

“Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.”