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Counternarrative Poetry and Medicine

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Physicians’ best medical advice for care does not always align with patients’ wishes. While many causes of this harmful and costly discordance are postulated, poor communication of shared goals tops many lists. In “Planning Our Escape,” poetry becomes a window into better understanding a patient’s refusal of treatment by offering a moving counternarrative to uncompromising medical advice. The speaker describes a friend with “thigh sarcoma” whose…

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Counternarrative Poetry and Medicine

Physicians’ best medical advice for care does not always align with patients’ wishes. While many causes of this harmful and costly discordance are postulated, poor communication of shared goals tops many lists. In “Planning Our Escape,” poetry becomes a window into better understanding a patient’s refusal of treatment by offering a moving counternarrative to uncompromising medical advice. The speaker describes a friend with “thigh sarcoma” whose…

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JAMA Network broke the news in on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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