TY - JOUR T1 - The Unexpected Volunteer JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 481 LP - 483 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2020.03.190291 VL - 33 IS - 3 AU - Henry Bair Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/3/481.abstract N2 - In this narrative account, the author, a medical student, describes his encounters with several inpatients at a community hospital. He becomes acquainted with a patient's son, who, initially withdrawn, over the course of his mother's hospitalizations transforms into a compassionate volunteer. This change is made especially evident when the author meets another patient who recognizes the volunteer and reveals his very different past. ER -