Lessons for Physicians from Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

Healthcare Administration Leadership & Management Journal

Lessons for Physicians from Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

This article presents several pieces of advice from the writings of Mark Twain that are applicable to the modern healthcare professional.

May/June 2025 Vol. 3, No. 3 pp. 154–155 DOI: 10.55834/halmj.1769038613

Abstract

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1871 in Florida, Missouri, was called the “greatest American humorist of his age.” He wrote the classic novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This article presents several pieces of advice from the writings of Mark Twain that are applicable to the modern healthcare professional.

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