Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Praying with Marvin

  • Praying with Marvin

    Peter de SchweinitzFairbanks, Alaska, United States At first take, Susie was not the ideal nurse for a medical mission to Liberia. Though friendly, smart, and adept at inserting an IV, she had likely never sat quietly by a stream and read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Things Fall Apart, or even Shakespeare. And…