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Checking In With Dr. Abraham Verghese On The Importance Of The Bedside Manner

The author of “My Own Country” and “Cutting For Stone” talks about his solution to the critical shortage of primary care physicians, the impact of technology on the patient-physician relationship and ‘the charm and magic’ of being at a patient’s bedside.

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