Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: conception

  • Qatar’s Sidra Hospital and Damien Hirst’s Miraculous Journey

    Sally MetzlerChicago, IL, USA Amazing, inspiring art and architecture seem to appear almost daily in Doha, Qatar, the host city of the 2022 World Cup. The Sidra Hospital for women and children soars among the many shining examples of architecture throughout this small Middle Eastern Gulf country. The building is graceful and sleek. Interior gardens…

  • Conception

    Ron DomenHershey, Pennsylvania, United States Poet’s statement Being a physician provides very real and intimate encounters with many lives. For the physician who also writes poetry, the poem is an opportunity to capture the seemingly disparate, random particulars of life and of patient’s stories and to seek universal truths. However, most of the poetry I…