The Soft Edges - Three Generations in the Graveyard
Abstract
It was a while ago that I realised that there was something wrong. I must have been too busy to notice before. Here was, at least I thought was, a stable rural family practice, yet everyone was on the move. I started to take note of the weekly arrivals of new families on to my list and the departures of others who I had only just got to know. Most patients don't tell you that they're leaving, it's only after a while that you notice that they're not there. It's like the geriatric part of my practice. I sometimes forget whether some of the old ones who I have been expecting to die, actually have or not. Maybe they did while I was away on holiday. I find myself continually checking with our receptionist.
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