Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: hospital volunteers

  • On the death of a hospital volunteer

    Bonnie SalomonLake Forest, Illinois, United States Golf course greens were not for you—too quiet.  No cruise ships to sail—too boring.  Retirement held no enchantment for you.  Instead, you chose us—  —the motley ER crew—hardly noticed,   gliding through white coats and scrubs.  “Just made fresh coffee,”—your calling card.  How many cups after fifteen years?  You were…

  • Learning the meaning of love

    Charlotte EliopoulosGlen Arm, Maryland, United States In the summer before my senior year in high school, I spent my vacation as a candy striper. In the sixties, this was an opportunity for young girls interested in nursing to serve as hospital volunteers and gain some insight into their career of choice. Being young and naïve—and…