Like most doctors I know, every time I see a patient in clinic, questions scroll down my mind’s eye like credits at the end of a movie. Over the years, I have whittled down the number of questions, from the exhausting repertoire I memorized as a medical student to the streamlined clinical checklist I use today. Some of the questions I ask are generic: What brings you here today? What medications are you taking? Some are specialized: Was your liver transplant done “piggy back”? Have you had any episodes of rejection? But a few of the questions have nothing to do with the work I do or the care I am trained to offer. Rather, they are questions about being well and preventing disease: Are you exercising? Do you smoke? Have you had a mammogram?more.