Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rae Brown

  • The god that I know

    Rae Brown Lexington, Kentucky, USA   When we start down the road toward medical school and residency, the idealists among us have a picture of the kind of physicians they will become. Our perception of the future rarely coincides with the reality that we often face. Ideally, principles that conflict with our own view of…

  • I don’t know how it happened

    Rae Brown Lexington, Kentucky, United States   There are angels in every emergency room. They sit above the fray and listen and learn. They hear the laments of the doctors and nurses as they try to save a child. They hear the sometimes incredulous comments of those who may be responsible, in some way, for…