Rethinking The Traditional Doctor's Visit

Maureen A Mavrinac¹

• ¹Maureen A. Mavrinac ( mamavrinac@gmail.com ) is board certified in family medicine and geriatrics and currently works with vulnerable elderly patients in inner-city Los Angeles. She worked with the clinic in this essay until the summer of 2017. The author thanks Jeffrey Ring for his encouragement and Diane Shannon for her meticulous initial review of the article. Names have been changed to protect people's privacy.