Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: David Blackwell

  • Winter race against time

    Christopher CameronKelso, Scotland, United Kingdom The phone rang in my surgery as I was embarking on an insurance medical examination a few days before Christmas. The town outside was strangely quiet, with few vehicles moving owing to a heavy snowfall earlier in the evening. Knowing my receptionist would only have put a call through during…