Health Autonomy Quotes

I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.

Positive health means becoming whole-heartedly engaged with our own health care. It means not outsourcing our health to the health care system. It means getting rid of the fear and paralysis we too often feel, and instead cultivating a sense of agency.

Women in America must be trusted to make their own medical decisions and have access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself.

I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.

Your own personal health is your own personal choice, all the way down the line.

Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health.

I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

Our reliance on the physician is a kind of despair of ourselves.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.

I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.

Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery over his own body. Herbs and medicines have power over us as long as we allow them; when we become strong, these external methods are no more necessary.

Doctors are wonderful people, but they don't know everything. We're all responsible for our own health, and shouldn't feel guilty if we ask questions or get second opinions.

If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry; I will find you another who will not agree with him.

Medicine in the future will give everyone the ability to become their own best healer.

There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make.

I am steadfast in my belief that, no matter a person's race, socioeconomic background, or what part of the state that they live in, every person has the right to make their own health decisions, control their own future, and receive care from the provider of their choice.

Patients are empowered by having better access to their own health information, and then by owning their own data.

Health is everyone's personal decision. It's their choice and I think that should be respected.

Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.

I am pro-life. I am also supportive of health savings accounts, which ensure that women have the freedom to control their own health-care decisions, among numerous other reforms - like purchasing across state lines - to give Americans more control over their own health care.