Women changed by cancer: the Whistle Words project

2019-01-30

University of Virginia. School of Medicine

Whistle Words is a multimedia project helping women reclaim their sense of self after a life-changing cancer diagnosis--with the simple aid of a pen. Charlottesville-based Whistle Words offers writing workshops for women in and after cancer treatment. Being part of this project as an adjunct or follow-up to treatment can make a real difference in participants' outlook and healing, as demonstrated by women's writings in the recently published anthology, Truth: Voices of Women Changed by Cancer. In this Medical Center Hour, Whistle Words' co-founder Charlotte Matthews and UVA nurse/breast cancer survivor/workshop participant Susan Goins-Eplee introduce Whistle Words and explore the healing power of writing.

A John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture

Matthews, Charlotte Hilary, 1966- (Speaker); Goins-Eplee, Susan (Speaker); Childress, Marcia Day (Moderator); University of Virginia. School of Medicine

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Filmed lectures

Poetry--Therapeutic use; Cancer--Patients; Creative writing

Medical Center Hour

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

English

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