"What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialized language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve; empathy can be replaced by cynicism."

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Source : "'Literature about medicine may be all that can save us'" by Andrew Solomon, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2016.

Abraham Verghese

#School Quotes #Sight Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“The Forest of Arden, where I grew up, is where As You Like It is set. It was idyllic.”
“The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.”
“I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.”
“It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.”

Source : "Bush responds to letter from Chinese pilot's wife". www.cnn.com. April 8, 2001.
“Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?”
“At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully.”
“I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?”
“But I've consistently worked for 10 years.”

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