Background The voices of people living with serious, life-limiting illnesses are often
underrepresented in research. Furthermore, a biomedical bias toward treatment and stigma …

This article presents an autoethnographic narrative of a woman's written reflections on her
relationship with her grandmother, and research poems based upon this narrative …

People living with rarer forms of dementia tend to have progressive cognitive symptoms
affecting skills other than memory and/or onset before the age of 65 years. They are often …

Research poetry is a novel, arts-based form of qualitative data analysis and representation
in which researchers create a poem from the transcripts of qualitative interviews. This …

Qualitative researchers employ poetry to construct meaning out of painful life circumstances,
including the grieving process surrounding death. A motive for utilizing poetic inquiry, ie the …

This article is a personal reflection and exploration of the potential of poetry in palliative
care. Poetry can help enable expression of individuals' deepest unspoken concerns and …

Objectives Although many well-known poems consider illness, loss and bereavement,
medicine tends to view poetry more as an extracurricular than as a mainstream pursuit …

Background: Although there is growing evidence that close reading of literature and
reflective writing can improve providers' appreciation of the patient experience, foster …

In this paper we report on a project to take poetry into a nursing home, building on the widely-
held belief in the benefits of poetry in therapeutic settings. This intervention involved us …

Patient Poets: Illness from Inside Out invites readers to consider what caregivers and
medical professionals may learn from poetry by patients. It offers reflections on poetry as a …