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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Abraham Verghese | PBS

Duration: 06:57
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1346
Broadcast Date: Jul. 16, 2010

The vocation of healing is a central theme in the acclaimed novel "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese, who writes that doctors "must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. But it can also deepen the wound."

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Post Date: July 17, 2010