Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a p — Jerome Groopman
Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a p — Jerome Groopman
Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a p — Jerome Groopman
Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a p — Jerome Groopman
Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a p — Jerome Groopman
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Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a patient's soul, then the doctor's care is given without caring, and part of the sacred mission of healing is missing.

— Jerome Groopman
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