Imran

This anthology of writings by medical students and residents from across Canada includes fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The collection offers a glimpse of the wonder, challenges and realities these trainees experience.

This book helps us understand how dying people want to be treated by others, and offers practical advice on how to treat dying people with respect. It is based on case studies and interviews with people who are dying and their family members.

A well-known Canadian author penned this children’s book about caring, the constancy of love and how roles change over the life cycle. The short story emphasizes how we all need to be cared for from the time of birth to the time of death.

Victor Frankl was a holocaust survivor and psychoanalyst, whose critical thesis was that meaning is a fundamental component of the human psychological landscape. Reflecting on his concentration camp experiences, he concluded that Nietzsche had it right: “A man who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how.’” For those who work in health care, this insight is critical. It helps us understand how hope, even under the most difficult or excruciating of circumstances, can be sustained, as long as it is connected with an ability to find meaning in one’s continued existence.