SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024
Narrative medicine interventions for oncology clinicians: a systematic review.
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- Application of narrative medicine combined with clinical thinking model in neurology teaching.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Narrative Medicine: A Clinical Tool for the Oncology Advanced Practitioner.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2026Article
- Current situation and associated factors of clinical narrative competence of nurses in selected hospitals in Guangxi, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Narrative Expertise in Oncology: An Integrated Training Model to Advance the Field.JMIR cancer · 2025Review
- Determinants of Chinese physicians' engagement in narrative medicine: a comprehensive SEM-ANN analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The Communication-Based Intervention Program Based on Narrative Medicine Theory Effectively Improves the Quality of Nursing Care for Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy.Cancer management and research · 2025Article
- An exploratory study of addressing bias for child abuse teams: the role of narrative medicine.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of Narrative Nursing Intervention on Patients with Specific Digestive Tract Malignancies (Esophageal, Gastric, and Intestinal Cancers): A Retrospective Study.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Narrative medicine in pediatric medical education and patient care: A scoping review.Tzu chi medical journalReview
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeAs narrative medicine interventions are integrated increasingly into medical practice, growing evidence indicates benefits for healthcare professionals. Presently, the prevalence and impact of narrative medicine interventions in the field of oncology remain unknown. This systematic review synthesizes published data on narrative medicine interventions in oncology and reports current knowledge on feasibility, acceptability, and impact on cancer care professionals.
methodsFollowing PRISMA guidelines, we searched Ovid Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases from inception through February 2024. Eligible articles were published in English and contained original data on feasibility, acceptability, and/or impact of a narrative medicine intervention for oncology professionals. Database searches identified 2614 deduplicated articles, from which 50 articles were identified for full-text assessment and 11 articles met inclusion criteria. Two additional articles were identified through manual review of references.
resultsThirteen articles described 12 unique narrative medicine interventions targeting cancer care professionals. All studies described their respective interventions as feasible, acceptable, and impactful for participants. Interventions involved writing, reading, reflection, and other narrative-based strategies. Standardized validated tools evaluated outcomes including burnout, empathy expression, secondary trauma, quality of humanistic care, and well-being. Participants reported appreciation of opportunities for reflection, perspective sharing, and bearing witness, which they perceived to strengthen wellness and community.
conclusionNarrative medicine interventions are feasible and acceptable and may bolster oncology clinicians' functioning across domains. Multi-site, prospective, randomized studies are needed to investigate the broader impact of narrative medicine interventions and advance the science of narrative medicine in oncology.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: CRD42022369432.
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