For years, I had a PCP who was a D.O. (osteopath), and he was really good, in terms of conservative treatment decisions, rapport, medical knowledge, good office

For years, I had a PCP who was a D.O. (osteopath), and he was really good, in terms of conservative treatment decisions, rapport, medical knowledge, good office staff, etc. However, his office moved around a lot, probably 3 times in 15 years. His practice, previously independent, was acquired by a medical group. Shortly after that acquisition, he carried a new notebook computer around, and he sincerely apologized to me, saying that he would be forced to look mostly at the computer and not at me. Do you see how important this person-to-person rapport was to both of us? He always called me "my friend" and he was an expert chess player. I will miss him, especially this week, as I visit a PCP of the opposite sex, who is not a physician, who recently disavowed ever meeting me before, and argues about every detail of my treatment. Ted Kaczinski wasn't wrong.