Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Carole Travis-Henikoff

  • Death, a part of life

    Carole A. Travis-Henikoff Chicago, Illinois, United States   The subject of death is by its very nature a personal thing. Woody Allen said he didn’t mind dying; he just didn’t want to be there when it happened. Most of us feel the same way. Death frightens us in proportion to our systems of belief formed…