116. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better

Abraham Verghese is a physician and a best-selling author — in that order, he says. He explains the difference between curing and healing, and tells Steve why doctors should spend more time with patients and less with electronic health records. RESOURCES: The Covenant of Water , by Abraham Verghese (2023). " Abraham Verghese’s Sweeping New Fable of Family and Medicine ,” by Andrew Solomon ( The New York Times, 2023). “ Watch Oprah’s Emotional Conversation with Abraham Verghese, Author of the 101st Oprah’s Book Club Pick ” ( Oprah Daily, 2023). " How Indian Teachers Have Shaped Ethiopia's Education System ," by Mariam Jafri ( The Quint, 2023). “ How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers ,” by Abraham Verghese ( The New York Times Magazine, 2018). Cutting for Stone , by Abraham Verghese (2009). " Culture Shock — Patient as Icon, Icon as Patient ," by Abraham Verghese ( The New England Journal of Medicine, 2008). “ The Cowpath to America ,” by Abraham Verghese ( The New Yorker, 1997). My Own Country: A Doctor's Story , by Abraham Verghese (1994). " Urbs in Rure : Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Rural Tennessee ," by Abraham Verghese, Steven L. Berk, and Felix Sarubbi (…