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Reflecting on narratives via narrative medicine: emotion themes derived from narratives of women with cancer

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  • Merih Anar Öztoprak
Vol. 31 No. 2 (2025): NARRATIVAS BIOÉTICAS
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Abstract

Narrative medicine provokes physicians’ deeper understanding and empathy for both patients and other healthcare providers. Materials that are used to provoke emotions and improve empathy. The aim of this textual close reading and literary analysis work is to discuss examples of life-writings and experiences of cancer patients from the perspective of emotional awareness and their presence during patient-health care professional relationship. To achieve an understanding of the texts and emphasize difficult emotional themes, text analyses are grouped in a thematically manner. The results of the narrative document analysis are categorized and interpreted as difficult emotional themes. Sub-themes are created as psychic pain, fear, shame, and anger. These emotional themes are discussed in terms of patient-physician relationship, empathy and the methods of Narrative Medicine. We may create new alternative roads that can alter and transform patient-physician relations to a more humanistic structure, by close reading and reflective writing. Literary and textual exercises are need to be done regularly to gain narrative competence. Qualitative studies are needed to be done about the reflections of students, health care providers, and patients.

Keywords:

narrative medicine, emotional awareness, life writing, illness narrative
How to Cite
Öztoprak, M. A. . (2025). Reflecting on narratives via narrative medicine: emotion themes derived from narratives of women with cancer. Acta Bioethica, 31(2), 179–188. Retrieved from https://actabioethica.uchile.cl/index.php/AB/article/view/79994
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