A Cancer Diagnosis: Raw Emotion, Front and Center–How Your Life Changes in a Second

Abstract

A Boston College staff member, Laura Campbell, vividly describes how cancer disrupted her life and, in very similar ways, affects the lives of any worker. It makes a great difference if the employer’s healthcare plan and the working environment support patients in their ordeals and in the process of recovery. Hence, while her personal narrative teaches us about her individual experience, at the same time her story further highlights the ethical urgency of critically examining workplaces and healthcare systems, with the services that they provide, by paying attention to those who are left out from what could benefit their personal health and the health of the whole society.