The power of storytelling at the end of life

The aim of this research is to think about setting up a multidisciplinary platform (in digital and face-to-face form in hospitals and palliative care departments) that will propose various projects for which storytelling will have an accompanying function in the palliative approach. Researchers from a number of disciplines (medicine, psychology, creative writing, literature and visual culture, anthropology, law, philosophy, etc.) will be working together to set up this platform. Two projects will be initiated, on an experimental basis:

• "Ghosts": this will involve thinking about spaces of expression enabling care professionals to remember deceased patients individually and collectively, and to analyze their impact
• "The right words": this will involve thinking about the right words (and those that aren't) to inspire care professionals when accompanying people in palliative care and their loved ones.

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