title: A public celebration of a personal doctor.
abstract: The life of a family doctor is engaged with the people, families, and community he or she serves. Caring changes lives. Yet, we seldom have the opportunity to hear the gratitude or to reflect upon the privilege. In this essay, two family doctors share the experience of seeing a community celebrate the life of their doctor. In these public reflections on their personal doctor, folks reveal how he saw their needs, understood their fears, and partnered with them to create futures. Their stories are compelling evidence that personal doctoring is alive and well and held deeply in the heart of America.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D033262:Narration; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012111:Residence Characteristics