6 Quotes & Sayings By Marcia Angell

Marcia Angell is a psychiatrist and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. She is the author of The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, which has become a classic among critics of the industry. She is also the author of The Truth about Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It (Second Edition). Both books are published by Oxford University Press.

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Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain.. . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice of medicine; here, of all places, it should not be strained. Marcia Angell
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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. Marcia Angell
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The pharmaceutical industry likes to depict itself as a research-based industry, as the source of innovative drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is their incredible PR and their nerve. Marcia Angell
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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. Marcia Angell
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Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it. Marcia Angell