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My Graveyard

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Abstract

This narrative explores my experience as a family doctor deeply embedded in a rural community comprising 9 villages. The regional cemetery, a symbol of mortality, serves as a focal point for meditations on what it means to bear witness as a family doctor, depicting some of the joys and sorrows I have witnessed over the last quarter of a century serving this community. Grounded in the philosophy of "to cure-sometimes, to relieve-often, and to comfort-always," I underscore the importance of presence and compassion in family medicine, ultimately embracing mortality as a shared human journey that shapes both patients and their caregivers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-471
Number of pages2
JournalAnnals of Family Medicine
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Sep 2025

Keywords

  • bearing witness
  • bioethics
  • community/public health
  • family life
  • primary care issues: clinician-patient communication/relationship
  • primary care issues: continuity of care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Family Practice

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