Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Portrait of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

  • Connecting literature with medicine

    Rubina NaqviKarachi, Pakistan There is a need for increasing the education of medical students through the use of literature, so that physicians can become knowledgeable about and eager to confront the social, economic, and cultural contributors to illness. This is particularly important when one considers the great differences in economic, environmental, and health-related resources between…