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To the editor:
I read the Special Section, "Caring for America's Aging Population," in the February 2004 FP Report with great interest.
As a home care physician, I see patients exclusively in their homes. My patients cannot easily get to a physician's office, and for them to wait in a waiting room would be humiliating, painful and dangerous.
Therefore, when I saw the special section dealt with the elderly, I was pleased. I noticed, however, that there was no mention of home care physicians in the special section.
I feel that our services are extremely important to a more or less ignored segment of the population, namely the aged bed-bound and infirm. I would encourage you to consider including home care medical practice at least as a resource if not an important part of caring for America's aging population.
David Weber, M.D.
Memphis, Tenn.
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