"We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. 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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About Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese is an Ethiopian-American physician and author. He is known for work in medicine, narrative writing, and bestselling novels.

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