Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle

  • Death playing a fiddle

    Rosemaria RoyDublin, Ireland Doctors stand at the crossroads as both healers and witnesses in the dance between life and death, easing suffering while still holding space for the inevitable. As frequent as one may face it, the concept of death is still not yet fully understood. This constant confrontation with mortality is often left drawing…