Geriatric Doctors Revive the House Call as a Tool of Their Trade

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 30, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

His office every Monday afternoon is his no-frills red minivan, strewed with map books because he's prone to getting lost. Into the back seat are tossed files for the patients of the day. Onto the front seat is heaved his zippered black bag. The shoulder-strap medicine cabinet is filled with syringes, bandages and ample doses of homespun wisdom. Back when "doctors were doctors," as Henry Wieman says, not much else was needed.

Maybe that's still the case. Each time his van leaves the Fort Lincoln Family Medical Center on Bladensburg Road in Prince George's County, Wieman is the slightly ...

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