Is your doctor in? A Big Life-lesson

I am a family physician in the middle of Missouri.  For over 10 years now, I have been exclusively committed to a practice in long term care and hospice.  Essentially, that commitment has turned out one Big Life-lesson:   Being on call the entire decade (Yes:  24/7). Why does it need to be that way, you might ask? It comes down to our premise question, it seems:  Is your doctor in?

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Mental Health Awareness

Now that I’ve practiced long term care and palliative/hospice medicine for over 10 years, I have come to believe that we must stop pretending that mental health is something we can keep at bay by simply painting around it…. as if no one can see the crooked white line on our nice, flat, dark pavement.

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