Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Daniel Becker

  • Imagine

    Daniel Becker Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Up in the intensive care unit an elderly man with a subdural hematoma is dying. His wife has been at his side all night. They are from out of town and were on vacation when he slipped and fell on the sidewalk. The intern has also been up all night.…

  • Advance directives

    Daniel BeckerVirginia, Charlottesville, United States Poet’s statement My poems are more narrative than lyrical, more humorous than somber, more fictional than biographic. Advance directives And should I ever appear in shorts that need suspenders because my hips and butthave slid under the glacier of old age, you are directed to suspend all life support measures…