Category Archives: journal

Use of a Graphic Memoir to Enhance Clinicians’ Understanding of and Empathy for Patients with Parkinson Disease

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 »

Superman vs. Nick O’Teen: anti-smoking campaigns and children in 1980s Britain

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 »

Reflections on the Boom of Graphic Pathography: The Effects and Affects of Narrating Disability and Illness in Comics

Wegner, G. (2019). Reflections on the boom of graphic pathography: the effects and affects of narrating disability and illness in comics, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies. Retrieved from https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3828/jlcds.2019.18 ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, autobiographical comics that focus on experiences of illness and disability—a genre also known as “graphic pathography”—have not only received… Read More »

Graphic Medicine and the Critique of Contemporary U.S. Healthcare

Venkatesan, S. & Murali, C. J Med Humanit (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-019-09571-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10912-019-09571-z ABSTRACT: Comics has always had a critical engagement with socio-political and cultural issues and hence evolved into a medium with a subversive power to challenge the status quo. Staying true to the criticality of the medium, graphic medicine (where comics intersects with the discourse… Read More »

Connecting the Dots: Evaluating the Impact of Graphic Medicine to Empower Patient-Centered Technology Use

Nichols, J.W., Johnson, T., Lee, W.W., Czerwiec, M.K., Arora, V., & Alkureishi, M.L. (2019). Connecting the dots: evaluating the impact of graphic medicine to empower patient-centered technology use, Pediatrics 144(2). Retrieved from https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/144/2_MeetingAbstract/232.full ABSTRACT: Electronic health record (EHR) use impacts patient-centered communication. Therefore, how providers use EHR during clinical interactions is key. Unfortunately, providers receive little training specific… Read More »