Abraham Verghese Patient Quotations

I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient whose care I am taking over is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it's only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.

Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.

By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.

We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.

I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it's only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.