William Breitbart, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Dear Colleagues in Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care,
I’m proud to post this recently published poem entitled ‘HOPE‘ (Palliative and Supportive Care, 2025). This poem is in fact an aphorism I utilize often in my work with cancer patients, including advanced cancer patients. Patients can see this aphorism written on a white board behind me during telepsychiatry visits. My colleagues also notice it during meetings. Many of my patients have taken photos of it so they can remember it and utilize it. It’s become a bit of a local phenomenon. I’ve published it as a poem and am posting it now to make it more broadly available to my global Linked In Community of Connections!
Hope
is the Courage
to Create
an
Uncertain Future
–Bill Breitbart MD
Cite this article: Breitbart W (2025) Hope.
Palliative and Supportive Care 23, e177, 1.”
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