It started with a conversation. No, several conversations. Around kitchen tables, in the corridors of clinics, at the edges- of streets, of parks, woodlands, heathlands and on the shores of rivers. Conversations between people who care- about health, about healing, and not just for individuals, but for communities, ecosystems, and the world beyond human reach.

Sage Elders: an imaginary interview with Professor Abraham Verghese.

Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, is Professor and Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor, and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School of Medicine at Stanford University. He is also a best-selling author and a physician with a reputation for his focus on healing in an era where technology often overwhelms the human side of medicine.