Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Paul Farmer

  • Learning the vocabulary of medicine (and other foreign languages)

    Edward TaborBethesda, Maryland, United States Both of my parents were physicians, and their discussions were often medical. One weekend when I was about four years old, I listened to one such conversation at lunch and interrupted to ask, “When I grow up, will I be able to speak the language you speak?” They paused to…