Nancy L. Harvey

The year was 1962. My sister was eagerly preparing for the brave new world of junior high. To ready herself for this great event, she began to buy Teen magazine. Since I read whatever was lying around, I picked it up and, at the age of ten, discovered the world of managed care. No one told us how . . . . Continue Reading »

Imagine an enormous royal blue tick. If that seems too repulsive, imagine a large royal blue beachball. Let a little of the air out to soften the shape. Add six scrawny appendages-two arms with three-fingered hands, and four short legs, each one ending in a brown shoe. Put a large yellow star . . . . Continue Reading »

Hunger and thirst, starvation and dehydration—ugly words to most of us, bringing images of tormenting weakness, agonizing muscle spasms, the ultimate cannibalism as the body devours itself to stay alive. But not everyone views such words with disgust. Last May, St. Louis University, a private . . . . Continue Reading »

Christine Busalacchi, a Missouri woman suffering from serious brain damage, died on the 8th of March, 1993. The cause of death was starvation. Her case was not a nationally famous one, but it does serve to raise certain disturbing questions—questions that must confront the families of anyone . . . . Continue Reading »