Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Robert Biggar

  • Caring for the mentally ill: The cycle repeats itself

    Robert BiggarBethesda, Maryland, United States A traveler driving through Weston, a small community in the hills of West Virginia, will find it typical of the hundreds of similar bypassed towns: pleasant but a bit run-down and sliding into poverty and abandonment. However, it has one spectacular and historic monument that lies just off the highway:…

  • Evidence versus practice: the story of surgery in breast cancer

    Robert Biggar Bethesda, Maryland, United States Imhotep: physician, architect and adviser to Pharaoh Djoser, 26th Century BCE   “As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.” ― Hippocrates (circa 400 BCE)   As a scientist, I see breast cancer as a biological process that starts…