He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2015 due to his empathetic portrayals of medical patients throughout his writing. Verghese's first book, "My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story," was a memoir about his experience treating HIV/AIDS patients, and more recently he wro...
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