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House Calls
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Gary Yarbrough spent three decades as a family physician in rural practice, working across three states. This book gathers twenty-one accounts of the house calls he made during those years, when a doctor's work reached beyond the clinic and into people's homes. Some visits are funny, some are heartbreaking, and some are quietly moving. Each story looks at a patient, a household or a moment in a small community, showing how medicine is shaped by ordinary lives and the trust built over long years. The result is a warm portrait of country medicine and the people it serves.
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