| Title |
Portraying a grim illness: lung cancer in novels, poems, films, music, and paintings
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Supportive Care in Cancer, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00520-018-4222-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ad A. Kaptein, Melissa S. Y. Thong |
| Abstract |
We studied how lung cancer is represented in five art genres: novels, poems, films, music, and paintings, in order to put lung cancer in a biopsychosocial perspective. The Common Sense Model is the theoretical basis: illness perceptions regarding lung cancer are examined in exemplars of the art genres. Literature searches, websites, and personal files formed the database. They produced a fairly limited number of novels, poems, films, music pieces, and paintings with lung cancer as core element. A resigned, rather depressive response associated with great emotional turmoil to the diagnosis of lung cancer, its treatment and dismal outcome, figure rather prominently in the identified sources. Living with lung cancer is scarcely portrayed in novels, poems, film, music, and paintings. When portrayed, a depressive and resigned attitude colors the illness perceptions. Elements from the Medical Humanities (e.g., expressive writing, photovoice, painting) deserve further study in order to examine whether they help improve the quality of life of patients with lung cancer. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| Brazil | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 12 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 23% |
| Psychology | 6 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 13 | 43% |
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