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An excerpt from The Real Drama—Incredible Medicine. It was an ordinary day in my family medicine practice many years ago. A variety of patients, many longstanding and from various generations of whole families, were filling the waiting room. Back then,…
An excerpt from The Real Drama—Incredible Medicine.
It was an ordinary day in my family medicine practice many years ago. A variety of patients, many longstanding and from various generations of whole families, were filling the waiting room. Back then, I had four very efficient and nice women working for me, with various duties. We had 3 examining rooms and a small lab. (I’ve cut back since but …
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Terror in the family medicine office
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The mission of medicine is to heal the sick. When cure is elusive, it is to relieve distress, and always to comfort. All of us who became physicians had our reasons, but we had to have a genuine interest and…
The mission of medicine is to heal the sick. When cure is elusive, it is to relieve distress, and always to comfort. All of us who became physicians had our reasons, but we had to have a genuine interest and ability in science, and an appreciation of people as individuals living in families and societies. We had to be willing to work hard to learn and to keep up with …
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The mission of medicine: not just a job
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She smiled fetchingly and threw her arms around me. She was so happy to have someone to hug. She was large, obese, kyphotic and almost bent double while edging slowly with her walker toward the examining room. She had sent…
She smiled fetchingly and threw her arms around me. She was so happy to have someone to hug. She was large, obese, kyphotic and almost bent double while edging slowly with her walker toward the examining room. She had sent a Christmas card and a birthday card, and I thanked her for them, while secretly praising myself for remembering she had sent them.
She was diabetic and hypertensive and 88 years …
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How the power of song connected me with a patient
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Yesterday, and every day, in my office we had one or two patients we call our "Oldie Goldies". People who have been with us since 1971 when I opened my practice, 39 years ago. People whose progress, medical and personal,…
Yesterday, and every day, in my office we had one or two patients we call our “Oldie Goldies”.
People who have been with us since 1971 when I opened my practice, 39 years ago. People whose progress, medical and personal, I’ve shared, and who share mine. We know their parents, kids and cousins either because they call us in crisis, or they’re our ongoing patients. And every …
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Family doctors cannot be obsolete, for patients’ sake
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