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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhat we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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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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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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I’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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Another day in paradise’ was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.
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Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It’s a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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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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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
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