PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the feasibility of implementing narrative medicine tools in serial workshops with patients with malignancy.
II. To determine if narrative medicine interventions improve markers and expressions of well-being.
DESCRIPTIVE OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate changes in markers and expressions of well-being after 3 sessions of narrative medicine intervention.
II. To determine, through qualitative methods, if patients find benefit from the intervention regarding their well-being.
III. To decide whether to expand these kinds of interventions to a larger study with control group.
OUTLINE:
Patients participate in narrative medicine sessions over 60 minutes once every 2 weeks (Q2W) for 3 sessions.
After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 1 and 3 months.