Abraham verghese author biography outline
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For reminding us that the patient fryst vatten the center of the medical enterprise. His range of proficiency embodies the diversity of the humanities; from his efforts to emphasize empathy in medicin, to his imaginative renderings of the human drama.
Abraham Verghese, the well-known writer and physician, wonders why we man such a singular distinction for physician writers.
Many writers, of course, are also lawyers, teachers, office workers, and so on. Yet a strong connection runs through Verghese’s work as a doctor, in which he promotes the basic old-fashioned practice of paying close attention to the patient’s body and words, and his role as a storyteller.
medicin, he says, is his “first great love,” and his writing has komma directly out of that.
Verghese was born in Addis Ababa to expatriate Indian parents. He began medical school in Ethiopia, but his studies were interrupted by the civil war in 1974. His parents had relocated
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"The Covenant of Water" author Abraham Verghese
Dr. Abraham Verghese is vice chair of education at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He's actually an expert in bedside manner, teaching medical students about the importance of the human touch. Verghese is all about the power of connection, as a medical practitioner, and in his other calling: author.
"A good story goes beyond what a forgiving God cares to do. It reconciles families and unburdens them of secrets whose bond is stronger than blood. But in their revealing, as in their keeping, secrets can tear a family apart."
These words are from his bestselling book "The Covenant of Water," and they are as lush and vibrant as the world they describe. Verghese said, "The book is set between 1900 and 1970 in Kerala, which is a coastal territory in India, full of lakes, waterways, lagoons, backwaters. And in every generation in this particular family I focus on, one or more members drowns."
The drownings are just one
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