Over the Rhone and Into the Night: Just Be Graceful
Abstract
This first-person narrative, prompted by viewing a painting by Vincent van Gogh, reveals a patient’s wishes and needs at the end of life.
This first-person narrative, prompted by viewing a painting by Vincent van Gogh, reveals a patient’s wishes and needs at the end of life.
Florence Gelo, D.Min, NCPsyA is Associate Professor, Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University, College of Medicine
About the Journal
Ars Medica is one of Canada’s first health humanities journals. Launched in 2004, we transitioned in 2014 to a web-only format. Ars Medica provides an online venue for dialogue, meaning-making, and the representation of experiences of the body, health, wellness, and encounters within the medical system. Content includes narratives from patients and health care workers, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We also include sections on writing by and about children, international health, and other voices routinely silenced in the healthcare system.