ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021
Writing cancer.
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- Bibliotherapy for stress management: a wellness intervention for first-year medical students.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2025Article
- A Psychoneuroimmunological Reading of Jane Austen's Persuasion in the Context of Bodily Aging.The Journal of medical humanities · 2024Article
- Talking Cancer-Cancer Talking: A Linguistic and Thematic Analysis of Patient Narratives.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- Torn between two lovers - on being a psychologist in a university medical centre.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Review
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- Novels as data: Health humanities and health psychology.Journal of health psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeNovels and autopathographies that employ cancer as a central theme offer a wealth of opportunities for researching the way patients with cancer make sense of their illness and its treatment. Such literatures can also inform clinical care, because they can support patients in living with their illness. The use of novels and autopathographies for research and care in persons with cancer fits within the framework of 'Health Humanities', the interdisciplinary field where medicine and social science meet. This paper presents a concise overview of novels and autopathographies that explore cancer as their theme.
methodsLiterature searches were conducted using PubMed, major scientific journals of medicine and clinical oncology, and databases in the Health Humanities. Searches focused on novels and autopathographies where cancer is the central theme, which are available in English, and which can be considered to represent 'high literature'.
resultsTwenty-nine books were identified. The majority of the books were written originally in English, and breast cancer and lung cancer were the most frequently discussed types of cancer. The core themes identified were giving meaning to illness; coping with medical treatment; and the psychological and social consequences of illness.
conclusionNovels and autopathographies about cancer represent an innovative base for research on living with cancer and offer rich data on how people make sense of cancer and its medical treatment. Clinical implications of this review pertain to interventions based on bibliotherapy and expressive writing. Novels and autopathographies are just part of the Health Humanities context: a wide range of art genres may prove helpful in improving the quality of life of persons with cancer.
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