「どんな手を尽くしても、医師は時に過ちを犯す。完璧を達成せよと求めるのは理にかなわない。理にかなうのは、完璧を目指すことを決してやめるなと求めることだ。」
"No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it."
出典: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science(邦訳『予期せぬ瞬間』)