The Power of a Healing Lie

The Power of a Healing Lie

In this narrative medicine essay, an Asian American hospital chaplain reviews the film The Farewell, which tells the story of a Chinese family taking elaborate measures to hide a cancer diagnosis from the family matriarch, and compares it to her own professional and personal experience.

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 323; no. 5; pp. 417 - 418
Main Author: Shu, Rev Christina P
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Medical Association 04-02-2020
Subjects:
Asian Americans
China - ethnology
Communication
Cultural Characteristics
Deception
Female
Humans
Intergenerational Relations - ethnology
Lung Neoplasms - ethnology
Lung Neoplasms - therapy
Motion Pictures
Palliative Care
Personal Autonomy
China
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Summary:In this narrative medicine essay, an Asian American hospital chaplain reviews the film The Farewell, which tells the story of a Chinese family taking elaborate measures to hide a cancer diagnosis from the family matriarch, and compares it to her own professional and personal experience.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.0001