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M. J. Friedrich

JAMA. 1999;282:1611-1612.

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New York—The central character of Wit, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Margaret Edson currently on stage at Union Square Theatre in Manhattan, is a woman diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. Hardly the stuff of light comedy, Wit nevertheless evokes laughter as well as tears in its deft portrayal of the issues faced by a patient with this malignancy.

The issues raised by the play—how a patient deals emotionally with cancer and how that patient is treated by medical professionals managing her care—have struck a chord with audiences, so much so that after every Tuesday night performance, theatergoers are invited to attend a "talk-back" discussion with the actors and a guest moderator.

The patient is Vivian Bearing, PhD, a 50-year-old professor of English and a renowned scholar of John Donne's Holy Sonnets. The most effective treatment for the aggressive tumor, says her oncologist, is an . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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