I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI 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.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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At times, with today’s advances in technology, medicine in rural America looks very like it does in America’s cities, but the variety of practices is enormous.
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If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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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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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t.
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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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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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That’s the funny thing about America–the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others.
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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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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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