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In search of stories: narrative-aesthetic interventions to hear cancer patients’ voices

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Being ‘in search for stories’ may be regarded as one of the defining characteristics of the human condition. However, life stores are dynamic and require ongoing revision in the face of significant and unexpected life events, such as an incurable cancer diagnosis. While one is typically able to integrate desired or hoped-for major events into one's life story, the diagnosis of an incurable disease can prompt existential questions such as: “Why me?” and “Who am I now?”

Source: EClinicalMedicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102792

Authors: Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven, Niels van Poecke

Institutions: Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Empathy and Medical Education

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,000