"If anyone is to blame for moving from a professional contract to a jump-through-the-hoops contract it is the government. All this comes, of course, from listening to management consultants who seem to think that people will work only for money and have no concept of professionalism. Professionalism is under threat. It is very sad."
"Ich begreife nicht, dass die 3 Milliarden Euro, die jetzt mehr im System sind, nirgendwo ankommen. Das verstehe ich nicht, und das versteht auch niemand in der Bevölkerung."
"It is my privilege and duty to care for people who come to see me ---- as patients. There is a respect involved with that term which is absent from the term consumer, and which is important in maintaining the dignity of the individual."
"Die Privatisierung von Kliniken hat nicht zu Kostensenkungen geführt; bei den Krankenhäusern stiegen die Ausgaben mit 2,5 Prozent sogar überdurchschnittlich."