{"id":1964,"date":"2009-04-17T12:50:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2009-04-17T12:50:41","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:50:41","slug":"remembering-doc-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2009\/04\/remembering-doc-tom.html","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Doc Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/04\/doctom-happy.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1968\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/04\/doctom-happy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I never knew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctom.com\/\" target=\"epd\"><strong>&#8220;Doc Tom&#8221; Ferguson<\/strong><\/a>; he died three years ago this week, April&nbsp;14, 2006. 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