Abramowitz, H.B. (2019). The art of Kaddish, The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved from https://www.jpost.com//Israel-News/The-art-of-Kaddish-610754. ABSTRACT: Life Support: Invitation to Prayer, by Israel-based American artist Judith Margolis, is an autobiographical account of an adult woman who is catapulted into her mother’s progressively complex end-of-life conundrum as she slips into the abyss of advanced diabetes. It is not… Read More »
Jonathan Comyn de Rothewelle (2019) Comics and medical narrative: a visual semiotic dissection of graphic medicine, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 10:5-6, 562-588, DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2018.1530271 ABSTRACT: An empathetic patient-practitioner relationship has been shown to improve treatment and recovery among patients, and decrease the likelihood of malpractice suits among medical professionals. It is, therefore, puzzling why an empathetic approach to medical education… Read More »
Myers KR, George DR, Huang X, et al. Use of a graphic memoir to enhance clinicians’ understanding of and empathy for patients with Parkinson disease. Perm J 2020;24:19.060. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/19.060 ABSTRACT: Context: Parkinson disease (PD) can be physically, emotionally, and financially burdensome. Understanding its impact from the patient’s perspective is an important way to sensitize clinicians to… Read More »
Mold, A., & Elizabeth, H. (2019). Superman vs. Nick O’Teen: anti-smoking campaigns and children in 1980s Britain. Palgrave Communications 1(5): 116. doi: 10.1057/s41599-019-0326-6. ABSTRACT: In December 1980, the Health Education Council launched a campaign designed to discourage children from taking up smoking. Advertisements on TV and in comics and magazines featured a battle between Superman… Read More »
Lewis, A. D. (2019). A graphic medicine prescription. International Journal of Comic Art 21(1), 724-731. ABSTRACT: Of the many things it can be, is graphic medicine a field? A genre? A method? A tool? The answer can be yes to any of these, so it is important that we call out the way in which… Read More »
Naro, M., & Francis, M. (2019). When “Peanuts” went all-in on vaccinations, The Nib. Retrieved from https://thenib.com/when-peanuts-went-all-in-on-vaccinations ABSTRACT: Charles Schultz used his culturally monolithic comic strip to advocate for public health. But his approach had some serious shortcomings.
Kavanagh, R. (2019, August 29). The graphic art of medicine, The Medical Independent. Retrieved from https://www.medicalindependent.ie/the-graphic-art-of-medicine/ ABSTRACT: Dr. Ronan Kavanagh speaks to GP and graphic medicine artist Dr. Ian Williams, who will be curating an exhibition of graphic medicine at this years’ sold out dotMD conference. Dr. Ian Williams is the author of two graphic novels: The Bad… Read More »