"The good thing that may yet happen during dying is not the possibility of survival when we're beyond..." — Sherwin B. Nuland

To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician.

Though President George W. Bush made some small noises about his intention to present some form of improved health coverage, nothing grew out of them.

I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for my high school debating team in 1947.

Our deaths become a part of our lives in the sense that with our deaths we give something to those who are left behind, as we have given our lives to them.