Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: craniotomy

  • “The GBM in Room 9”: On the objectifying power of naming and diagnosing

    Atara Messinger Toronto, Ontario, Canada   French literary theorist and philosopher Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003) I wheeled the patient through the double doors into the operating room. As I parked the hospital bed next to the operating table, I quickly glanced at the patient’s chart. NAME: ‘J.’ AGE: 28. HISTORY: Progressive headaches, visual changes, and right-sided…