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House calls: A way of life | Afro

By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO Often when asked what kind of doctor my dad, the late Dr. Jether M. Jones Jr., was, I responded, “My dad was a doctor who made house calls.” As a youngster, his house calls (along with patients’ visits to our home) were so commonplace that they became […]

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