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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEIn writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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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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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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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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I think we learn from medicine everywhere that it is, at its heart, a human endeavor, requiring good science but also a limitless curiosity and interest in your fellow human being, and that the physician-patient relationship is key; all else follows from it.
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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
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And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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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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I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate.
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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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