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"A well person is a patient who has not been completely worked up." -- a resident's answer to the question, "What is a well person?" (Freymann J: personal communication).

"There must be something the matter with someone who goes to see a doctor when there is nothing the matter"¹.

Well people are disappearing. I should have known it was coming when the invalids became extinct. (Invalids disappeared shortly after the advent of Medicare, which demanded specific diagnostic labels even though none applied².) However, I began to realize what was happening only a year ago, at a dinner party. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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