Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Enrique Simonet

  • Geza Csath, in defense of interconnectedness

    Gerda KovacsAalborg, Denmark “I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.”– Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair Geza Csath, a Hungarian psychiatrist and writer, was born in 1887 and died in 1919. During his short life, he worked at the Moravcsik Psychiatric Hospital in Budapest, produced…

  • Going boldly into the night: A reflection on “death with dignity”

    Lenore M. MontanaroNorth Kingstown, Rhode Island Doctors should minimize one’s suffering at death and uphold the patient’s right to bodily integrity and self-determination. If someone with decisional capacity is diagnosed with a terminal illness such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (“Lou Gehrig’s disease”), Alzheimer’s Disease, or Multiple Sclerosis, to list a few, especially if the diseases…