A father’s stethoscope is a connection to his wisdom and comfort

I need a new stethoscope. I have to wrap my fingers around the fissures in the tubing to make this one work. For me, these days, listening to the patient’s chest is more a ritual than a means of diagnosis. After twenty years as a primary-care internist, I now work full-time in hospice and palliative […]

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