"The loudest cry of patients is for compassion and attention, which is a call for time."

"Although I use many modalities in my practice, only 3 are basic: my hands, my voice, and my intention."

"As the patient tells, I listen as hard as I can--- not taking notes during this segment of the interview, not interru…"

"What needs to be contested in medicine is seldom the accuracy of observations but the restriction of interest--- the …"

"The essence of Medicine is story-- finding the right story, understanding the true story, being unsatisfied with a st…"

"We don't need to remake our health-care system or rebuild it from the ground up. We don't need to do very much. It's …"

"[In likening Slow Medicine to Slow Food:] Slow Food was not really about fast or slow in time. Rather it was about pr…"

"We can allow for Slow Medicine beds in our hospitals so that doctors have enough time to find out what is really wron…"

"He {Bernard Lown, MD} called for a return to the fundamentals of doctoring-- listening to know the patient behind the…"

"But in one respect these two men are not typical of postmodern family doctors, indeed of postmodern medical practice …"