A matter of life and death

Imploring film to elucidate the relationship between chronic illness and death

Bibliographic Data

ID21747201
AuthorsKarly B Ball (0000-0003-2550-6801, Michigan State University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume22
Issue3
Pages709-725
Publication date2025-07-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Curriculum and Pedagogy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1550-5170 • E-ISSN: 2156-8154
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15505170.2024.2368531
OpenAlexW4399969975
LanguageEN
References cited9

Despite chronic illness being widespread and increasing in prevalence, curricula largely avoid preparing learners to navigate chronic, often life-threatening, conditions in their daily lives or to prepare learners for the implications of these conditions. In this paper, I begin by discussing an exchange about chronic illness and death that I recently had with a student I called Maya (a pseudonym). I consider how my conversation with Maya reoriented my thinking on the relationship between chronic illness and death. I next illustrate that reorientation in thinking by discussing death’s representation in film, which I propose as a viable means forward for elucidating the relationship between death and chronic illness for others

Empathy and Medical Education · Film in Education and Therapy · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology

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