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I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I’m not sure how exactly we could manage.

Abraham Verghese

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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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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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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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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today’s country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations.
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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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It was all I had, all I’ve ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.
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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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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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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they’ll leave in people’s hearts.
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