Facing death: the last drawings of a woman with breast cancer at the end of life
npj Breast Cancer, cilt.12, sa.1, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Teknik Not
- Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1038/s41523-026-00969-2
- Dergi Adı: npj Breast Cancer
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals, Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest)
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Drawing offers a powerful means of expressing lived experience when words fail. This commentary analyzes the final drawings of a woman with breast cancer, examining how her artwork reflects an evolving confrontation with mortality across diagnosis, recurrence, and metastatic disease. Grounded in existential psychology, the article highlights grief, hope, faith, and death awareness, and argues for integrating psychological and spiritual perspectives into palliative and end-of-life care for patients and families.