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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhy is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else’s?’ And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Geography is destiny.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else’s?’ And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.
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God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by–by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don’t think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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The Country Doctor Revisited captures the trials and tribulations of medicine, but also the satisfaction and the extraordinary rewards that come to those who embrace such a practice.
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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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There are moments as a teacher when I’m conscious that I’m trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago.
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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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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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