Abraham Veerghese Cutting For Stone Summary

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“Cutting for Stone” Book Review Kynzie Osborne Ohio University “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese is a very eye opening book. The point of this book is to explain what the health world is like in Ethiopia. Abraham Verghese is an Indian-American who grew up in Ethiopia. According to “Abraham Verghese” (n.d.), “There are few who combine a career as physician, teacher and author as well as Abraham Verghese, whose name is a frequent byline in newspapers and magazines across the world, and more recently, in demand as a TED speaker” (para. 1). With Abraham Verghese being a physician, teacher, and an author makes him very qualified to write a book that focuses on health and learning. It is very apparent that he is a physician …show more content…

This book can answer several questions for people wondering what it is like to live in low-income countries like Ethiopia. This book definitely revises older interpretations, I know it has been states for a long time that adequate healthcare in low income countries is an issue and I do believe that this book just added onto that. “Cutting for Stone” strongly clarifies the standard point of view for what it is like to live inside of a low income country. This book fits into all aspects of literature for a health related topic. This book includes personal stories of medical situations and is also sure to include facts about life in Ethiopia and the healthcare that is provided. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to someone that I believe would enjoy reading it. The best type of audience that this would be suited for is people in the medical field who are wanting to see what the medical field is like in places such as Ethiopia where it is very low-income. I believe that Abraham Verghese thoroughly accomplished his purpose with this book. I believe he was wanting it to be known that receiving adequate health care is not easy in low-income places. However, I believe that the most important thing he wanted to let his readers know is that no matter who you are, where you live, or where you come from, you will always be brought in contact with pain and suffering. I think it was important for him to show that issues like this can be prominent anywhere around the

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