I promise to post more about the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, but I wanted to post a link to this article from nytimes.com health blog "Well." The blog reports about cartoonist Tom Batiuk and his long-running comic strip "Funky Winkerbean." A recent story arc followed one character's struggle and ultimate death from breast cancer http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/a-death-in-the-funny-pages-stirs-controversy/.
Reactions to the story arc have been widely varied. Some see this strip as inflicting pain in what is supposed to be a family-friendly section of the newspaper. Others express support for Batiuk and thank him for his beautiful portrayal of a very real part of life: death.
I have never really followed "Funky Winkerbean," but I always enjoy the work of authors who aren't afraid to tell a true story, no matter how painful.
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