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Abraham Verghese: Atingerea unui doctor.

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Medicina modernă este în pericol de a pierde un mijloc puternic şi de modă veche: atingerea umană. Medicul şi scriitorul Abraham Verghese descrie ciudata noastră lume nouă în care pacienţii sunt simple date şi face apel la reîntoarcerea la examenul medical tradiţional.

In our era of the patient-as-data-point, Abraham Verghese believes in the old-fashioned physical exam, the bedside chat, the power of informed observation. Full bio »

Translated into Romanian by Lucia Dobre
Reviewed by Maria Tancu
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