There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, ‘You must read this.’
ABRAHAM VERGHESEStill, it’s an apt metaphor for our profession. But there’s another kind of hole, and that is the wound that divides family.
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When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
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There are moments as a teacher when I’m conscious that I’m trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago.
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My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they’ll leave in people’s hearts.
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They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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That’s the funny thing about America–the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Geography is destiny.
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When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
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I love to read poetry but I haven’t written anything that I’m willing to show anybody.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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We’re losing a ritual. We’re losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of the patient-physician relationship.
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