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Abraham Verghese

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Physician

Abraham Verghese is an American writer and physician, renowned for his extensive experience in medicine and his profound literary talent. His works often focus on the relationship between doctors and patients, as well as his deep insights into medical practice.

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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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“No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.”

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“When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.”

Heart Facts Spirit Winning Loses Selfish Currency

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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. 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.”

People Heart Mean Matter Spirit Realizing Church Regret Patient Legacy Remove Bitterness Funeral No Money Eulogy Deathbed Procession Vip Church Service

Book:Cutting for Stone

Source: Cutting for Stone

“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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Author:Abraham Verghese

About the Author

Born: 1955
Known for: Physician
Quotes: 97

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Cutting for StoneRelated source material

The Covenant of WaterRelated source material

My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and its People in the Age of AIDSRelated source material

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