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We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients.

Abraham Verghese

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I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around but he carried it off so well.
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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals
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We must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.
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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.
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God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by–by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don’t think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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This is my life, I thought…I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil
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Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?”….I met his gaze and I did not blink. “Words of comfort,” I said to my father.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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