In the Country of Hearts: Journeys in the Art of Medicine - Softcover

How fine our clinics would be, and how splendid our literature, were all doc-tors and writers alike to have the heart of this Stone.--Gerald Weissmann, editor-in-chief of MD magazine and author of The Woods Hole Cantata

What a joy when a medical doctor can tell us what he knows and make us understand and believe in the good in ourselves. Hooray for knowledge and language and the joining of science and art.--Ellen Gilchrist

This book should be required reading for every person who aspires to be a physician--it makes me proud that I am a doctor.--Ferrol Sams, author of Run with the Horsemen

As he explicates and celebrates the possibilities of modern medicine, Dr. Stone remains firmly attached to the humanness of its endeavors. . . . [He] has used his senses well.--New York Times Book Review

As a cardiologist, John Stone knows the intricate mechanics of the heart; as a literary man, he suggests the mystery beyond the devices. He is himself a warmhearted man who fills his book with fascinating true stories.--Annie Dillard

In In the Country of Hearts, the art of medicine is alive and well.--Atlanta Journal and Constitution