Alan called early in the afternoon." Please come look at Bob. I don't think I can." So I
canceled the rest of my appointments and drove to Bob and Carl's two-bedroom townhouse …

At 3 AM it is pretty quiet on the medicine wards. The soft, rhythmic tones of telemetry
monitors occupy the background while a sleeping patient's television broadcasts the late …

Running on Empty | AAFP Advertisement search close brand logo Many people don't realize
how out of kilter their lives have become until a crisis hits. That's what happened to this young …

House staff dribble in, clack lunch trays down around the center table, and stir up their
collective energy before the start of the Noon Case Conference. 1 take a back seat and fix …

Rose and Frank lived in a gray bungalow at the beach. You pass these places all the time
down at the shore: a crumbling screened-in porch attached to a teeny house originally …

Hide in your bedroom when your mother tells you it's time to leave for your checkup. Ignore
her when she calls you for the second time. As soon as you hear her coming up the stairs …

“How can you sleep at night after you ruined my life?” Arthur, a veteran patient of mine,
implored after receiving his test results. This essay recounts my experience as a physician in …

Being in practice for 42 years was like running a marathon. Things seem easy and pleasant
at first, but then as time goes by, you hit the" wall" and you feel like you can't go on." It's just …

David Younger, MD, a family physician practicing in Goodland, Kan., began scheduling
periodic overnight trips out of town 10 years ago. Like many rural physicians who cover their …

Do YOU make house calls?" asked a woman on the telephone whom I had not met, who had
gotten my name from the County Medical Society. I did, sometimes, and after hearing about …