Allan D. Peterkin

Allan D. Peterkin is a Toronto-based physician and writer. He has published picture books for children as well as books on cultural history and medicine. He is a founding editor of ARS MEDICA: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities ( www.ars-medica.ca)and heads the Program in Health, Arts and Humanities at the University of Toronto (www.health-humanities.com)