TY - JOUR T1 - A Public Celebration of a Personal Doctor JF - The Annals of Family Medicine JO - Ann Fam Med SP - 362 LP - 365 DO - 10.1370/afm.1094 VL - 8 IS - 4 AU - William R. Phillips AU - Larry A. Green Y1 - 2010/07/01 UR - http://www.annfammed.org/content/8/4/362.abstract N2 - 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. ER -