Born in England, educated in a “do-as-you-like” school (Dartington Hall) then gaining a medical education at prestigious Guys Hospital in London he worked on 4 continents before moving to the US in 1982, completing residency in family practice at SUNY at Stony Brook. After more than 40 years, most of them “in the trenches” of primary care, he has developed an interest in coaching patients to help themselves and throw off the ingrained notion that “the doctor knows best.” Since retiring from full time practice in Stafford, Virginia, he has become volunteer medical director of the Lloyd Moss Free Clinic, writes regular medical columns for two local newspapers and has worked on the concept of what he calls ‘medical emancipation’ to help patients get the effective affordable healthcare and writing this health guide.