ABSTRACT
These lovely words penned by Anatole Broyard, renowned literary critic for The New York Times for 19 years, did not prove an effective antibody against his death from metastatic prostate cancer; yet despite the pain he suffered in his dying, he continued writing his story until just weeks before his life ended. Stories have long been heralded as healing, and the publication of this volume bespeaks that. This chapter discusses how narrative literature can and should be a part of medical
school curricula in order to inculcate patients’ experiences of their illnesses and dying into medical practitioners. In particular, we emphasize the value of stories in teaching doctors about palliative care.
