One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the read more

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny read more

A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home read more

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.