Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • The paradox of neurology

    Panayiota AntypasLaunceston, Tasmania, Australia Neurologists occupy a liminal zone, oscillating between a fascination with the complexity of the nervous system and an understanding of the devastating impact these diseases have on patients’ lives. During my medical student elective, I became immersed in this duality. Neurology is characterized by paradoxes—hope and suffering, certainty and uncertainty, vulnerability…