"In my father's era, before the use of antibiotics, general anesthetics, or surgical gloves, doctors could be described as being in a constant bloody struggle to save the lives of pregnant women and babies."
「在我父親的那一代，沒有抗生素，沒有全身麻醉、手術沒有外科手套的年代，醫生可以說不眠不休的浴血苦戰，救活了不計其數的孕婦與胎兒，在他的腦子裡可能從來沒有『倫理』兩個字，憑藉的只是──醫生應該救人──的信念。」