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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation.

Abraham Verghese

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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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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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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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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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If we are fortunate, we ‘beat’ the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having ‘succumbed after a long battle.’
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn’t change them. That hurt.
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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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