TY - JOUR T1 - MY mother the gardener AU - Wielawski IM Y1 - 2012/08/13 N1 - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2378 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 1131 EP - 1131 VL - 172 IS - 15 N2 - As a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) designee, power of attorney holder, and lifelong confidant, I had been drilled from an early age to go to the mat with anyone who threatened her freedom to live as she wanted. This is your job, she commanded—over and over again until I wanted to cover my ears. Yet I understood the fear that underlay these 2-fisted pronouncements and promised to do my best. SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2378 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2378 ER -