"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."
"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."
"Sie wollen gesetzlich vorgegebene Budgets durch leistungsgerechte Preise ersetzen. Was heißt das? Das heißt klipp und klar, dass die Ausgaben für die ärztliche Behandlung im ambulanten Bereich deutlich steigen werden. Wir reden dann locker von 4 bis 5 Milliarden Euro."