希望的力量。

The power of hope.

机构信息

Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

出版信息

Cell. 2023 Apr 13;186(8):1518-1522. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.029.

DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.029

PMID:37059059

Abstract

My patient was in his late 20s and dying of an advanced sarcoma. He came to our institution seeking a miracle-a cure for his incurable cancer. Despite second and third opinions, he never relinquished his hope that science would cure him. In this story, I explore how hope allowed my patient, and others like him, to reclaim their narratives and maintain their personhood in the face of serious illness.

摘要

我的病人是个 20 多岁的晚期肉瘤患者，他来我们医院是为了寻求奇迹——一种能治愈他这种绝症的方法。尽管他已经咨询过第二、第三家医疗机构，但他从未放弃过希望，相信科学最终能够治愈他。在这个故事中，我探讨了希望如何让我的病人和其他类似的病人能够在面对严重疾病时，重新掌握自己的故事，并保持自己的个性。