Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Allison Wang

  • Beyond the fingerstick

    Allison WangCalifornia, United States I was working the afternoon shift when, after three hours of walking under the sun, I was finally assigned to the blood sugar testing station. The days were long—eight-hour shifts that began at five in the morning as we drove into rural villages of Vietnam. I felt a quiet sense of…