Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine
The MAGAZINE of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Special Issue 2013 | www.jhsph.edu
Sections
Death & Lifespan
Survival Story
Side-Note: For a Ghanian mother, the birth of her daughter was a near-death experience.
Death, Reimagined
Essay: From hair wreaths to post-mortem photos—our romantic view of death had to change for public health to advance.
No Death, No Life
Conversation: Molecular biologist J. Marie Hardwick shares the life-affirming nature of cell death.
Good Endings
First-Person: A nurse advocates an end-of-life-care philosophy that gives patients a voice.
Investigations
Briefs: New hopes for cholera vaccination, cord infections prevented, kidney disease is not normal, how mental health affects health.
Dying Words
The first alum to answer our invitation to share thoughts about death penned a limerick; dozens more wrote a trove of essays, poems and other reflections.
Highest Rated
- Maternity's Thin Line (14 votes, average rating: 5)
- It Would Break Your Heart (10 votes, average rating: 5)
- Investigations (7 votes, average rating: 5)
- Since Her Death (7 votes, average rating: 5)
- Open Mike (5 votes, average rating: 5)
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