Vickery practiced traditional medicine before devoting his time to keeping people well. He and Dr. James Fries wrote "Taking Care of Your Child" and "Taking Care of Yourself." Vickery went on to write "The Consumer's Guide to the Hospital" and "Life Plan: Your Own Master Plan for Maintaining Health and Preventing Illness." Ray Vickery said his brother was a "pioneer" in keeping people well by encouraging good diets, plenty of sleep and exercise and lowering stress. "He believed we all have some responsibility for our own health," said Dr. Michael Friedman, who did his internship with Vickery at Stanford University Medical Center. He said Vickery was a "caring, compassionate and intelligent person, who never tried to impose his ego on patie Vickery practiced traditional medicine before devoting his time to keeping people well. He and Dr. James Fries wrote "Taking Care of Your Child" and "Taking Care of Yourself." Vickery went on to write "The Consumer's Guide to the Hospital" and "Life Plan: Your Own Master Plan for Maintaining Health and Preventing Illness." Ray Vickery said his brother was a "pioneer" in keeping people well by encouraging good diets, plenty of sleep and exercise and lowering stress. "He believed we all have some responsibility for our own health," said Dr. Michael Friedman, who did his internship with Vickery at Stanford University Medical Center. He said Vickery was a "caring, compassionate and intelligent person, who never tried to impose his ego on patients. "He knew that certain treatments wouldn't help everyone and was a pragmatist, believing in whatever worked, and in the judicious use of medicines," said Friedman, an oncologist at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif. "He had a holistic approach" that might include acupuncture, massage or other "non-ordinary ways of treating people," Ray Vickery said. Donald M. Vickery was born in Brookhaven, Miss., on Aug. 22, 1944, and moved with his family to Virginia when he was a child. He earned his medical degree at Harvard University and learned about computer-assisted medical care while serving in the Army. He was the founder of several centers, including the Self-Care Institute, the Center for Health Education and Health Decisions International. He also had been a clinical professor in family medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He married Shelley Lawrence on June 21, 1965, and they later divorced. He married Carol Stolzfus on Dec. 16, 1994. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Meredith Vickery of Clifton, Va., and two sons, Andrew Vickery of Prestonsburg, Ky., and Michael Vickery of Evergreen; two grandchildren; his mother, Clarene Vickery of Vienna; and two other brothers, Ken Vickery of Raleigh, N.C., and Steve Vickery of Vienna....more
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