Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Happiness

  • Best friends for never

    Ariya MobarakiPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States I stand looking over you, Wishing I could turn back time. Wondering what wisdom you would give me, Back in your prime. You opened yourself up to me, In a way that most of my friends cannot. A part of you that was intrinsic to your life, Means more to…

  • Burnout: Are we looking at it through the wrong lens?

    Elizabeth CerceoCamden, New Jersey, United States The epidemic of burnout seems to afflict ever more populations as it insidiously creeps into the workplace of everyone from nurses to teachers, from medical students to seasoned clinicians, from Amazon to Apple. As physicians, we are trained to identify a condition, make a diagnosis, and prescribe a treatment.…