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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.

Abraham Verghese

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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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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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If it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers.
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And pray, why would this number interest us?” “It is the only number that describes itself when you read it, ‘One zero, two ones, three twos, two threes’.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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It’s an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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