Personal Narratives
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Aldasouqi, Saleh
When the doctor is the patient, Hektoen International, 2010
Arnup, Katherine
And a time to die, Hektoen International, 2011
Bereiter, Jeanne
Shame, Hektoen International, 2011
Brady, Erin
Letters to Dad, Hektoen International, 2011
Brown, Rae
The god that I know, Hektoen International, 2011
Buck, Sara
Of starlit huts and Sahelian sand, Hektoen International, 2011
Cambier, Elizabeth
Simple gestures: a nursing student's journey through the ICU, Hektoen International, 2010
Cameron, Christopher H.
Ivan, Hektoen International, 2011
Cannon, Eli
Down a rabbit hole, Hektoen International, 2011
Cohen, Eric P.
Research subject, Hektoen International, 2011
De Looze, Karen
Immortal death: before and after, Hektoen International, 2011
Downs, Loretta S.
A Christmas party, Hektoen International, 2011
Turning points, Hektoen International, 2011
Duke, Martin
A fortunate man, Hektoen International, 2011
Duralde, Erin
One for science: nothing more, nothing less, Hektoen International, 2010
Dunea, George
A visit to New York: a wonderful town, BMJ, 1979
Crisis in the air, Hektoen International, 2009
Enia, Francesco
An Eliotian journey through suffering, Hektoen International, 2010
Erickson, Kristen
My mom's death, Hektoen International, 2011
Farrell, Liam
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be, Hektoen International, 2009
Forner, Kristin Adams
Latricia, Hektoen International, 2011
Gelo, Florence
God's menu, Hektoen International, 2010
Gianakos, Dean
Dr. Gianakos, I think he's awake now, Hektoen International, 2011
Five minutes to midnight, Hektoen International, 2011
Gill, Denis
Big Hugh, Hektoen International, 2010
Gorman, Geraldine
Maximum security kindness, or the public health nurse accrues her CEU's, Hektoen International, 2009
Justin, Renate G.
Jimmy, Humane Medicine, 2008
Family secrets, Humane Medicine, 2009
Karagiannis, Paul
My first (do no harm) patient, Hektoen International, 2009
Klein, Kelly
In the OR, Hektoen International, 2011
Kumar, Arunachalam
Risus sardonicus, Hektoen International, 2010
Kumar, Karen Trollope
Into_the_fearful_deep:_a_doctor's_reflections_on_major_depressive_disorder
Kwiatkowski, Therese
Where is the dignity in death?, Hektoen International, 2011
Lasserson, Michael
Saved, Hektoen International, 2010
Liang, Ana
I'm sorry to hear that, Hektoen International, 2011
Lunney, Lisa
The birth and death of the day, Hektoen International, 2011
Malpas, Phillipa
How do you say goodbye?, Hektoen International, 2010
Mangalik, Aroop
Remembering an uncrowded world, Hektoen International, 2010
Marusi, Matko
Studying medicine, Hektoen International, 2009
Matteson, Mat & Gorman, Geraldine
Nursing diagnoses, Hektoen International, 2011
Meyerhoff, Andrea
Streptococcus and me, Hektoen International, 2011
Monahan, Laura
Her name was Krystal, Hektoen International, 2010
Naidu, Ajanta
A difficult conversation, Hektoen International, 2011
Ofri, Danielle
Found in translation?, Hektoen International, 2011
The pastor's son, Hektoen International, 2010
Papagiannis, Anthony
Blind date, Hektoen International, 2011
Putnam, Constance E.
Anticipatory grieving, Hektoen International, 2011
Raj, Y. Pritham
You say you want a revolution?, Hektoen International, 2010
Rao, Goutham
The unconscious eater: the modern glutton, Hektoen International, 2010
Rousseau, Paul
Time, Hektoen International, 2011
Rickert, James B.
Rethinking the knowledge of terminal illness: Is it a quality of life issue?, Hektoen International, 2011
Schwarz, Maggie
Father's Day on the 12th floor, Hektoen International, 2011
Shankar, P. Ravi
The patient on the brink, Hektoen International, 2010
Shannon, Mary T.
Dirty Laundry, Hektoen International, 2011
Silk, Hugh
The flutter of an aching heart, Hektoen International, 2011
Šimunović, Filip
The first experiment, Hektoen International, 2009
Sisk, Bryan
A lasting effect, Hektoen International, 2011
Smith, Lauren B.
The myth of the white coat: a physician navigates her grandmother's terminal illness, Hektoen International, 2011
Smith, Meg
The privilege of memory loss, Hektoen International, 2011
Smythe, W. Roy
What about the blood?, Hektoen International, 2011
Tova-Bailey, Elisabeth
The sound of a wild snail eating, Hektoen International, 2011
Travis-Henikoff, Carole A.
Death, a part of life, Hektoen International, 2010
Veysman, Boris D.
Teaching death, Hektoen International, 2011
Wahls, Terry
The vaudeville revue, Hektoen International, 2009
Webb, Amy D.
An evolving journey: writing as healing art, Hektoen International, 2011
Winkelman, Megan
For you, I want to be more, Hektoen International, 2011
Zaroff, Larry
A death in the operating room, Hektoen International, 2010
Equanimity, Hektoen International, 2011
Learning compassion - learning forgiveness, Hektoen International, 2009
To mount a camel, Hektoen International, 2009