Top 6 Judy Melinek Quotes

#1. (I)f you try to treat the medical problem you *think* you see without fully exploring the differential diagnosis -- call(ed) "speculation on a foundation of assumption" -- you can kill your patient.

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#2. When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses--not zebras.' In other words, most things are exactly what they seem, and the simplest answer is usually the right one.

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#3. To confront death every day, to see it for yourself, you have to love the living

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#4. Mine is a gruesome job, but for a scientist with a love for the mechanics of the human body, a great one.

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#5. There are no emergency autopsies," another resident pointed out to me. "Your patients never complain. They don't page you during dinner. And they'll still be dead tomorrow.

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#6. Staying alive, as it turns out, is mostly common sense.

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