Give the doctor a checkup before ordering a house call
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
The new breed of 'concierge physician' aims high-priced services at the well-off. One is on probation with the state Medical Board. H e refers to himself as Dr. House Call. In glossy brochures mailed recently to thousands of well-to-do households from Malibu to Brentwood, he said he was seeking to be a "caring, old-fashioned Marcus Welby kind of good doctor without the office hassles."