RT Book, Section A1 Schwartz, Rachel A1 Hall, Judith A. A1 Osterberg, Lars G. SR Print(0) ID 1182523989 T1 Foreword T2 Emotion in the Clinical Encounter YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260464320 LK apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182523989 RD 2024/03/29 AB In the early days of HIV, that in this current pandemic of COVID-19 feels like a lifetime ago, my clinic population in rural Tennessee consisted largely of gay men facing an incurable and fatal illness. The patients were roughly my age then—mid-thirties or younger—and the experience of caring for them felt intensely personal and poignant. Each visit hammered home the notion that time was precious for us all, but especially so for them.