In search of stories: narrative-aesthetic interventions to hear cancer patients’ voices

Being ‘in search for stories’ may be regarded as one of the defining characteristics of the human condition. However, life stores are dynamic and require ongoing revision in the face of significant and unexpected life events, such as an incurable cancer diagnosis. While one is typically able to integrate desired or hoped-for major events into one's life story, the diagnosis of an incurable disease can prompt existential questions such as: “Why me?” and “Who am I now?”