Navajoland

Maureen Hirthler

Navajoland

Authors

Maureen Hirthler University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kanses City, MO

Abstract

An overworked and unhappy physician finds a new way to practice medicine during her time on a Navajo Reservation.

Author Biography

Maureen Hirthler, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kanses City, MO

A practicing Emergency Medicine physician for over twenty years, I also hold an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. My work has been published in Hippocampus, The Intima, The Yale Journal of Humanities in Medicine, and elsewhere.