TY - JOUR T1 - Wild things JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 788 LP - 788 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X532549 VL - 60 IS - 579 AU - Emyr Gravell Y1 - 2010/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/579/788.abstract N2 - ‘I come into the peace of wild things…… I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.’1It was a scene of squalor that most of us have come across now and again on a home visit. He was an old farmer in an isolated farmhouse who had got more and more withdrawn as paranoia had set in and the result of self-neglect was difficult for even a battle hardened GP to stomach.He'd already had a recent admission but had obviously struggled to cope even more since being home again. The pitiful state of his house was in stark contrast to the rosy picture painted by a 12-page risk assessment done on his discharge. … ER -