The fact that the patients were complex human beings with a rich life beyond the hospital never really sank into the consciousness of the residents. Because they had no rich lives beyond the hospital, they assumed no one else did, either. In the end, what they lacked was not medical knowledge but ordinary life experience.


Travels (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307816498

Michael Crichton Quotes

The fact that the patients were complex human beings with a rich life beyond the hospital never really sank into the consciousness of the residents....

The fact that the patients were complex human beings with a rich life beyond the hospital never really sank into the consciousness of the residents....

The fact that the patients were complex human beings with a rich life beyond the hospital never really sank into the consciousness of the residents....

The fact that the patients were complex human beings with a rich life beyond the hospital never really sank into the consciousness of the residents....