Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: preparation

  • Preparation for surgery

    This simple drawing of a nurse and surgeon preparing for work captures the tension in the moment just before surgery begins. Though only a small portion of either figure’s face is visible, focus is clear in their eyes, and perhaps hesitation as well. Surgery is full of unknowns, even with the most well planned procedure.…

  • Preparing for a zombie apocalypse

    Larry KerrCarlisle, Pennsylvania, United States What can we learn from a Zombie Apocalypse? The first thing to learn? It could happen. Anyone who has been on this earth for a length of time knows that when a person says something cannot possibly happen, it almost certainly will. Even more worrisome is the disclaimer that if…