Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Death a part of life

  • Death, a part of life

    Carole A. Travis-HenikoffChicago, 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 through societal…