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Cancer Gets Complicated: PW Talks with Kimiko Tobimatsu

Wurth, E. T. (2020). Cancer gets complicated: PW talks with Kimiko Tobimatsu. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved from https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/84424-cancer-gets-complicated-pw-talks-with-kimiko-tobimatsu.html ABSTRACT: In Tobimatsu’s graphic memoir, Kimiko Does Cancer (Arsenal Pulp, Nov.), the young, queer Asian-Canadian lawyer navigates a breast cancer diagnosis and the “cancer warrior” support group culture.

Using Medical Comics to Highlight Medical Humanities

Masel, E. K., Kitta, A., Koblizek, R., & Praschinger, A. (2020). Using medical comics to highlight medical humanities. Medical Education 54(11). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14308 ABSTRACT: Studying medicine comprises the extensive acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes. However, humanism in medicine, which combines scientific knowledge and skills with respectful, compassionate care that is sensitive to the… Read More »

Using Comics and Curiosity to Drive Pandemic Research on a National Scale

Kearns, C., Kearns, N., Braithwaite, I., Shortt, N., Eathorne, A., Semprini, A., & Beasley, R. (2021) Using comics and curiosity to drive pandemic research on a national scale. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 44 (1), 12-22, DOI: 10.1080/17453054.2020.1823206 ABSTRACT: An independent online Public Health survey regarding the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted during an Alert… Read More »

Capturing Alternate Realities: Visual Metaphors and Patient Perspectives in Graphic Narratives on Mental Illness

Venkatesan, S., & Saji, S. (2021). Capturing alternate realities: visual metaphors and patient perspectives in graphic narratives on mental illness, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 12:5, 924-938, DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2020.1809482 ABSTRACT: The diverse affordances of the medium of comics like spatio-temporality and visual rhetorical devices enable artists/patients who suffer from mental illnesses to approximate their experiential reality via graphic narratives. The graphic… Read More »

Capturing Alternate Realities: Visual Metaphors and Patient Perspectives in Graphic Narratives on Mental Illness

Venkatesan, S. & Saji, S. (2020) Capturing alternate realities: visual metaphors and patient perspectives in graphic narratives on mental illness, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2020.1809482 ABSTRACT: The diverse affordances of the medium of comics like spatio-temporality and visual rhetorical devices enable artists/patients who suffer from mental illnesses to approximate their experiential reality via graphic narratives. The graphic… Read More »

A Novel Graphic Medicine Curriculum for Resident Physicians: Boosting Empathy and Communication through Comics

Ronan, L. K., & Czerwiec, M. K. (2020). A novel graphic medicine curriculum for resident physicians: boosting empathy and communication through comics. The Journal of medical humanities, 10.1007/s10912-020-09654-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-020-09654-2 ABSTRACT: Curricular design that addresses residency physician competencies in communication skills and professionalism remains a challenge. Graphic Medicine (GM) uses comics, a medium combining… Read More »

The Man of Fate at Hospitals of Hope

Lewis, A. D. (2020 August 13). The man of fate at hospitals of hope. Medium. Retrieved from https://medium.com/@captionbox/the-man-of-fate-at-hospitals-of-hope-63b10f1403d3. ABSTRACT: What would happen if Boston’s superhero visits hospitals’ pediatric departments? A. David Lewis, Graphic Medicine scholar and writer of Kismet, Man of Fate, asked Dr. Jack Maypole just that question. Knowing Dr. Maypole’s talents at the Boston Medical… Read More »