Thomas Fuller: Patient Choosing Heirs
on Friday, January 14, 2011Funny Money Quotes: Be cautious what power your heirs have over your life if you would live a long, happy and unthreatened existence. Thomas Fuller said:
“The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir” — Thomas Fuller
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This Thomas Fuller quote is suggesting that if a patient makes their doctor their heir in their will, it is not likely that the patient will recover from their illness or condition. The implication is that the doctor may not try as hard to save the patient’s life if they stand to inherit the patient’s estate when they die.
Fuller is warning that having one’s doctor as an heir could compromise the doctor’s objectivity and motivation to do everything possible to save the patient’s life.
Birthday: June 19, 1608 – Died: August 16, 1661