Medical professor cries out for better bedside manner

Reading Dr. Abraham Verghese's first novel Cutting for Stone , with its descriptions of doctors caring for patients, it's no surprise the author is considered a master clinician who treats bedside diagnosis like an art best performed by the hands, eyes and ears.

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