In this article I explore how Cicely Saunders championed the hospice movement and
initiated what became palliative care by representing her emotional connections with others …

Pain first emerged as an area of clinical specialisation in the 1950s, but more recently has
attracted wider interest from social scientists and clinicians who seek to expand its …

This article suggests that some illness experience may require a reading practice less
concerned with narrative coherence or self-authorship, and more interested in the value of …

We make meaning of illness, suffering, and death through narrative, by telling a story. In this
article, the authors explore narrative and palliative care: how, at the end of life, narratives of …

The use of narrative methods has a long history in palliative care, pioneered by Dame Cicely
Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, Narrative and Stories in Health Care …

This paper aims to (re) ignite debate about the role of narrative in the medical humanities. It
begins with a critical review of the ways in which narrative has been mobilised by …

Sandra, a 42-year-old secretary and divorced mother of two young sons, experiences
periodic upsurges of grief following the death of her mother from cancer three years ago …

abstract This paper analyzes the phenomenon of suffering and its relationship to medical
practice by focusing on the paradigmatic work of Eric Cassell. First, it explains Cassell's …

Abstract Thought leaders in palliative care have long recognized the spiritual implications of
illness, including Dame Cicely Saunders' groundbreaking concept of suffering as comprising …

This article develops a phenomenology of suffering with an emphasis on matters relevant to
medical practice and bioethics. An attempt is made to explain how suffering can involve …