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Non-fiction graphic novels about illness and death created by patients and their loved ones have much to teach all readers. However, the bond of empathy made possible in the comic form may have special lessons for healthcare providers who read these texts and are open to the insights they provide.
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Czerwiec, M., Huang, M.N. Hospice Comics: Representations of Patient and Family Experience of Illness and Death in Graphic Novels. J Med Humanit 38, 95–113 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-014-9303-7
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