Patients taught many lessons to Dr. Radebaugh, a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He listened carefully, treated patients with respect, and was always available for house calls. He spent three years with Cesar Chavez, whose nonviolent efforts to organize farm workers, along with the grape boycott, attracted many supporters of justice for exploited workers. Humor and pathos summarize the career of a compassionate physician, dedicated to serving the poor. John is the epitome of the heart and art of medicine. His patients varied from migrant farm workers to Ivy League professors, but his commitment to caring never wavered. --Dana Cook Grossman, Director of Publications, Dartmouth Medical School Awesome, courageous, inspiring, visionary--wonderful humor! Exactly the ideals that inspired me to enter the profession of medicine. --Richard A. Aronson, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Child Health, Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services Compelling appeal for a wide range of readers. His insightful personality inspired workers and students to consider socially responsible careers. --Naomi H. Chamberlain, M.S., Asst Prof, University of Rochester School of Medicine, & Ship Hope This narrative is a series of highlights of my peripatetic career in medicine in many parts of the United States. Many of the events involve migrant farm workers, on both the East Coast and the West Coast, some with community health programs, one with Cesar Chavez as a volunteer. As my career unfolded, I was increasingly involved with house calls, hence the title. I learned the value of a home visit in an attempt to understand a patient or family in much more depth than is possible in the usual office visit. The hustle and bustle of the usual medical practice allows only a superficial knowledge of the patient as a person. Sometimes that unknown person is central to the success of therapy, which, in most instances, is more than just the medicines prescribed. In addition, I learned much from patients, who taught me to listen, and to take time to hear their stories, and in so doing, I gained a deep respect for them as individuals.     "The philosophy of patient care is in caring for the patient." This is a much quoted maxim by Francis W. Peabody, M.D., as described in the Journal of the American Medical Association (vol. 88, #12, pp. 813-818 March 19, 1927). This made an indelible imprint on my practice of medicine, as I will illustrate later. Patients taught many lessons to Dr. Radebaugh, a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He listened carefully, treated patients with respect, and was always available for house calls. He spent three years with Cesar Chavez, whose nonviolent efforts to organize farm workers, along with the grape boycott, attracted many supporters of justice for exploited workers. Humor and pathos summarize the career of a compassionate physician, dedicated to serving the poor. Dr. John Radebaugh was on the faculty at University of Rochester School of Medicine, Stanford Medical School, and Dartmouth Medical School. His work with Cesar Chavez volunteering for the United Farm Workers Union in California led him to be inducted into the Farm Worker Advocate Hall of Fame in 1999. Dr. Radebaugh's compassion, ever present harmonica, and belief in the value of house calls distinguished him from other physicians and created a legacy of service that continues to this day. In 1991 the John F. Radebaugh Community Service award was established in his honor, and is given to a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School each year. Used Book in Good Condition