Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: sexual orientation

  • “It would be like I never existed”: two minutes with manic psychosis, 1978

    Paul RousseauCharleston, South Carolina, United States Foreword Mental illness is often marginalized by non-psychiatric clinicians, yet it causes as much suffering, if not more, than physical illness. I was a medical student completing a rotation in psychiatry when I observed the encounter described here. The patient had visited several community clinics and received little treatment…

  • Two tales of talipes equinovarus

    Christopher WalkerBielsko-Biala, Poland Congenital talipes equinovarus, better known as clubfoot, is a poorly understood but surprisingly common medical condition. According to Ansar et al, it affects about one in one thousand newborns, though this figure varies by country.1 There is a roughly fifty-fifty split between those born with bilateral clubfoot and those with only one…

  • Out of the medicine cabinet: An out doctor in a closeted country

    Anirban ChatterjeeDilshad Garden, Delhi, India Earlier this year, having planned an interview-based analysis of the issues faced by transgender (LGBT) medical professionals acquiring medical education in India, I started contacting medical students and professionals in the LGBT community. Since I myself am a part of this community, I was able to locate them quite easily.…