Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Stephanie Jiang

  • Memento mori in medicine

    Stephanie Jiang Toronto, Ontario, Canada   Dance of Death. Leaf by Michael Wolgemut from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is easy to believe that humankind’s greatest fear is death. From our humble beginnings to now modern-day society, we have learned that Death will always chase us. Few professions explore our mortality…