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. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://www.abrahamverghese.org/biography/">Abraham Verghese</a>, professor of medicine at Stanford University and best-selling novelist.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3tufQKS">The Covenant of Water</a>, by Abraham Verghese (2023).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/books/review/covenant-of-water-abraham-verghese.html">Abraham Verghese’s Sweeping New Fable of Family and Medicine</a>,” by Andrew Solomon (The New York Times, 2023).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a44547209/the-covenant-of-water-abraham-verghese-interview/">Watch Oprah’s Emotional Conversation with Abraham Verghese, Author of the 101st Oprah’s Book Club Pick</a>” (Oprah Daily, 2023).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.thequint.com/south-asians/how-indian-teachers-have-shaped-generations-of-ethiopians">How Indian Teachers Have Shaped Ethiopia’s Education System</a>,” by Mariam Jafri (The Quint, 2023).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/magazine/health-issue-what-we-lose-with-data-driven-medicine.html">How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers</a>,” by Abraham Verghese (The New York Times Magazine, 2018).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3Qbf26k">Cutting for Stone</a>, by Abraham Verghese (2009).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0807461">Culture Shock — Patient as Icon, Icon as Patient</a>,” by Abraham Verghese (The New England Journal of Medicine, 2008).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/06/23/the-cowpath-to-america">The Cowpath to America</a>,” by Abraham Verghese (The New Yorker, 1997).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3Fclowc">My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story</a>, by Abraham Verghese (1994).</li><li>“<a href="https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/160/6/1051/833577">Urbs in Rure: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Rural Tennessee</a>,” by Abraham Verghese, Steven L. Berk, and Felix Sarubbi (The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1989).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-you-suffering-from-burnout/">Are You Suffering From Burnout?</a>” by No Stupid Questions (2023).</li><li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/would-you-rather-see-a-computer-or-a-doctor/">Would You Rather See a Computer or a Doctor?</a>” by Freakonomics, M.D. (2022).</li><li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-do-you-cure-a-compassion-crisis-ep-444/">How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?</a>” by Freakonomics Radio (2020).</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Citadel_(novel)">The Citadel</a>, by A. J. Cronin (1937).</li><li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uncle-Toms-Cabin">Uncle Tom’s Cabin</a>, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852).</li></ul></li></ul>

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