“Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.”

“Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,
The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.”

William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist

“Summer-induced stupidity.

That was the diagnosis…”

Aimee Friedman (1979) American writer

“Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.”

Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) American university teacher (1879-1962)

“He was raised without a proper diagnosis.”

Augusten Burroughs book Running with Scissors

“One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.”

Karl Kraus (1874–1936) Czech playwright and publicist

“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”

Sharon M. Draper book Out of My Mind

“The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible.”

Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) English physician and educator

“My business is not prognosis, but diagnosis. I am not engaged in therapeutics, but in pathology.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.”

Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist