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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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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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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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Sometimes this wound occurs at the moment of birth, sometimes it happens later. We are all fixing what is broken.
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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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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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If it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers.
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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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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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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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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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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it’s only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.
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Don’t Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret.
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