Patient Strategist Pillows

'Al-I don't think we better wait until a bigger one comes along.'

'With Brie, patience is key.'

"I have a feeling he understands more than we think."

If these are your medications, what happened to the beads I bought?

"How long were you in the waiting room?"

'Sorry the doctor is running behind. You can keep today's appointment or I can fit you in tomorrow...whichever comes first.'

Invoice: 'That's good laughter is the best medicine.'

"I'm prescribing a patch. It will dispense meds as permitted by your insurance company."

"The truth is, doctor, I've lost faith in Western medicine."

'Sorry I am late - have you been waiting long?'

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

'Dad, I don't need a two-thirds majority to over-ride your veto. I've got mom.'

"I've run every test known to man, and it turns out you're allergic to medical bills."

'We're trying to use a team approach to medicine, but we're having trouble fitting everyone!'

NHS targets.

'Let me though! - I'm a Doctor.'

"That's a semi-private room for you. You caught his, and he caught yours."

"Whatever doesn't kill me gives me the chance to try new prescriptions."

Handicap parking sign for person in hospital bed.

'Your call is very important to us, so please continue to hold.'

'Boy! The cost of health care is going up, up, up...'

"It's the hospital board performing surgery on the budget."

"Dehumanization, maybe, but not depersonalization."

'I recommend a second opinion so the HMO won't second guess me.'

'Except...That.'

"Let's run a few tests and see where we are."

'I don't think he'll make it either....I feel it's time to call in a minister to give last rites'

"If it takes the GMC 20 years to spot a rogue surgeon what chance have you got in 20 minutes?"

Doctor's profits match a patient's scar.

"The doctor will see you in a week - if you could still be ill a week on Wednesday."

'I've got a patient who needs to chat to someone...Have you got anyone who's completed the 'verbal communication with patients in a personal, supportive but not disempowering' course?'

'That pest in 453 is being discharged.'

'That does it. . . Little Freddie is not going to law school! He's going to become an oncologist, Mary a gerontologist and Stevie a pharmacist! We'll be covered!'