@article {Rowe72, author = {M Rowe}, title = {Mortality and medicine: forms of silence and of speech}, volume = {29}, number = {2}, pages = {72--76}, year = {2003}, doi = {10.1136/mh.29.2.72}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {Silence can be harmful to patients, their loved ones, and doctors within the contexts of illness and bereavement. I draw from my experience with my son{\textquoteright}s illness and death to discuss five forms of silence{\textemdash}the silence around the experience of critical illness; the silence between life and death; the silence of doctors; the silence of the dead, and the silence of the ill{\textemdash}and of speech that may emerge in response to these silences.}, issn = {1468-215X}, URL = {https://mh.bmj.com/content/29/2/72}, eprint = {https://mh.bmj.com/content/29/2/72.full.pdf}, journal = {Medical Humanities} }