"Those who scored higher on those measures of social relationships were 50 percent more likely to be alive at that follow-up than people who scored low on those measures."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"So what you get may be cost, but what you give up may be the on-going relationship, the communication, the follow-up care, and things,traditionally, American patients have held very dear."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

There is so much interest in the book that Professor Ruffin says his new class is already at work on a follow-up book that will include creative writing by inmates and various kinds of art work as well.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21