The Reading Room: "Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan"

Hatshepsut
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For those who might be interested, this thoughtful piece ran in today's NY Times. I certainly know that there were many times during my husband's treatment when we desperately could have used some of the words of comfort Abraham Verghese advocates in this piece.
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Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan
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Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan
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