Narrative methods have played a minor role in research with dying patients to date, and
deserve to be more widely understood. This article illustrates the utility and value of these …

The phenomenon of the 'illness narrative'is well-documented, in the last 25 years, of
increasing interest to researchers in health and social sciences. Personal stories about the …

This study undertook a content analysis of 105 published narratives from healthcare
providers in end-of-life care settings from 1998 to 2005 using qualitative content analysis …

Context This scoping review maps the existing literature on narrative interventions within a
palliative care and end-of-life context. Objectives A scoping review was performed to …

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 …

Narrative ethics is a useful tool for gaining insight into the care of hospitalized dying patients.
We used narrative analysis to interpret the medical records of 200 adult deaths at our …

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 …

Using qualitative narrative research to explore how people proceed through cancer
diagnosis and treatment may help clinicians render better care and consequently enhance …

Objective: Although the Short-Term Life Review elevated the spiritual well-being of
terminally ill cancer patients in our previous study, we have not examined what patients …

Individuals and families make sense of the world and their experiences through a process of
meaning construction. Narrative is an important means of constructing meaning. The …