I had seen Mr. Armstrong several times in my Internal Medicine outpatient practice
at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a very pleasant gentleman—53, homeless
and living on the street, with an array of common chronic medical conditions including
hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Our
visits were generally filled with challenges related to things such as diet, stress
and medication adherence. I mostly did my best to manage these problems while trying
to stay on time. In my clinical world he was a homeless person with a problem list.
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Publication history
Published online: February 22, 2016
Accepted:
July 24,
2015
Received:
July 23,
2015
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☆The author has no conflict of interest or source of funding to report.
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