ArticleBMC palliative care2023
The role of patients' stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review.
Article in BMC palliative care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Integrating digital and narrative medicine in modern healthcare: a systematic review.Medical education online · 2025Pooled it
- Patient Involvement to Promote Empathy in Preclinical Medical Students: Cross-Sectional Intervention Study.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- The influence of narrative medicine on medical students' readiness for holistic care practice: A realist synthesis.Medical education · 2026Article
- Towards a Theory of Compassion Fatigue in Palliative Care and Oncology: A Systematic Scoping Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2026Article
- Authentic content as an effective mechanism for embedding patient voices in health innovation: a hypothesis and conceptual framework.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Multimedia-assisted narrative intervention for existential distress among patients with advanced cancer: a one-group pre-post study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Rethinking pain: a paradigm shift in primary care for chronic pain via community-based, culturally-responsive GP support.Pain management · 2025Article
- A systematic scoping review of mentor training in medical education between 2000 and 2024.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The impact of death and dying on surgeons in a tertiary cancer centre in Singapore.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Determinants of Chinese physicians' engagement in narrative medicine: a comprehensive SEM-ANN analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The Healing Potential of Narrative Medicine in Cancer Education: A British Perspective.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients' stories provide Palliative Care physicians with a glimpse into the former's lives and their psycho-emotional, sociocultural, and contextual considerations. Yet, few physicians are trained to interpret and apply patients' stories in their practice. Inherent variability in how stories are transmitted and interpreted raises questions over their potential effects on care. Amidst a dearth of accounts in Palliative Care, we map current use of patient stories to guide the training, assessment, and oversight of this 'care influencing' practice in medicine.
methodsThis systematic scoping review was guided by the Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA) to ensure a reproducible and structured approach. The themes and categories identified through the Split Approach's concurrent and independent thematic and directed content analyses provided a comprehensive sketch of the included articles. The Jigsaw Perspective combined the themes and categories identified. The last stage of SEBA compared these results with two recent reviews of storytelling to ensure consistency of the domains created that guided the discussion.
resultsTen thousand two hundred seven articles were reviewed, 963 full text articles were evaluated, and 199 articles were included. The four domains identified were study characteristics, benefits, approaches, and positive effects and concerns.
conclusionStories support patient-centered, personalized, and holistic clinical care. However, variability in the stories, their interpretations and use in care decisions underscore the need for further study on the structuring, teaching, assessing, and delivery of this 'care influencing' practice.
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