Open AccessCachexia, Following Flowers
Author(s) -
Sinéad O'Bryant
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1255
Subject(s) - sadness , courage , beauty , poetry , face (sociological concept) , aesthetics , cachexia , medicine , cancer , psychology , psychoanalysis , art , anger , literature , social psychology , sociology , philosophy , social science , theology
Description This poem explores a similar experience I once encountered working with an oncologist, as a patient learns about the recurrence of cancer after being in remission. The situation struck me as I felt the stir of human sadness and courage, and I would like to dedicate the poem to those living with cancer, who face the trepidation of their daily lives with bravery. What I hope this writing demonstrates is the depth and complexity of emotions felt by both patients and their physicians in times of bad news and expresses the beauty that underlies a strong and genuine patient-physician relationship.