I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orth….

A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still f….

The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole..

God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embra….

My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they'll leave in people's hearts. They realize the no mone….

When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning..

You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle f….

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not..

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom..

Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken n….

Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborat….

Make something beautiful of your life..

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then y….

That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for a….

It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory..

A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth..

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort..

No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he woul….

The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician..

I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there ….

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the commo….