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On Being a DoctorDecember 16, 2008Family DoctorElizabeth Toman, MDElizabeth Toman, MDFrom New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00012 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail I always wanted to be the family doctor. That is not to say that I regret my decision to be an internist. The narrower scope and focus on chronic illnesses suits me better than the impossibly broad field of family medicine. But my vision of being a doctor always included an image of my mother, otoscope in hand, examining a cousin or neighbor at our dining room table. She was our family's doctor.Maybe it was difficult to get health insurance for outpatient visits in the 1960s. Perhaps my Depression-era aunts and uncles would simply never pay for something they ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Elizabeth Toman, MDAffiliations: From New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108.Corresponding Author: Elizabeth Toman, MD, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, NM 87108; e-mail, [email protected]. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics December 16, 2008Volume 149, Issue 12Page: 907-908KeywordsAgingAlcoholicsAlcoholsAnesthesiaBirthChildrenCholecystectomyEmotionsFoodGraduate medical educationHealth insuranceHepatitis AHepatitis BHistologyOutpatientsPharyngitisSurgeonsSurgeryTaxesVision ePublished: 16 December 2008 Issue Published: December 16, 2008 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2008 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
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