Older patients who live alone can become depressed.

I think the house call is one of the ways I get an insight into the ways in which people live and the importance of environment in keeping people healthy.

Older patients who live alone can become depressed.

I grew up with a real appreciation about just how wonderful and intimate the relationship is between a doctor and a patient was and the sense that this was a noble profession.

Once I started working with older people, I realized how much I enjoyed the intellectual challenge of taking care of patients who have multiple, complex medical problems.

Be persistent. Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want.

I realized in order to be involved in health policy, you really had to understand more than the individual patient that we as physicians, are taught to think about.