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Patients require that oneonone encounter, the samaritan function of being a physician, says writer and stanford medical school professor abraham verghese. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are thomas stone, sister mary joseph praise. Jul 12, 2011 patients require that oneonone encounter, the samaritan function of being a physician, says writer and stanford medical school professor abraham verghese. Verghese, marion praise stone, the novels protagonist, is. Pdf cutting for stone book by abraham verghese free. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese everyday reading. The author of this fiction novel is abraham verghese.
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