Storytelling: Finding Meaning Within Illness

Brown J Hosp Med. 2022 Dec 19;2(1):57592. doi: 10.56305/001c.57592. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Illness often follows a pattern similar to stories. This visual narrative describes my own experience as a patient. Upon further reflection, storytelling helped me connect with the hospital setting, contributing to my eventual recovery.

Keywords: family members of patients; graphic medicine; graphic pathography; hospital experience; narrative medicine; patient experience; storytelling.