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On Being a Doctor |6 April 1999

A Good Pair of Hands

Bhuvana Chandra, MD

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He greeted me as he always did, hands folded weakly together in the gesture of respect that is ubiquitous in India. Namaste: “I bow to the Divine in you.” He could barely lift his head from the thin pillow, and his emaciated arms trembled uncontrollably from the effort of opposing his palms as I approached bed 6, row 2, in a second-floor ward of the Government General Hospital in Madras. Embarrassment heated my face at the reverence that lit up his tired eyes and rekindled, for the tiniest moment, the fading sparks of what had once been the natural élan...
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Chandra B. A Good Pair of Hands. Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:610–611. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-7-199904060-00024

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1999;130(7):610-611.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-7-199904060-00024

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