Pounds.
This is the story of a loving relationship between a doctor and a vibrant, elderly woman. In the story, the doctor learns to accept his patient's noncompliance with medical regimens; at the same time, he learns something about his own noncompliance.
Gianakos
Dean
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Lynchburg Family Practice Residency, Lynchburg, VA 24501, USA. deangianakos@yahoo.com
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*