Tag Archives: Ian Williams

Graphic Medicine: Comics Redraw Health Narratives

McKinney, D. W. (2023). Graphic medicine: comics redraw health narratives. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved from https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/graphic-medicine-comics-redraw-health-narratives/ ABSTRACT: There is currently no substantial empirical data on the impact of graphic narratives in medical settings. However, these narratives provide anecdotal but highly detailed accounts that could improve how medical professionals assess patients and administer care.… Read More »

A Graphic Medicine Prescription

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 »

The Graphic Art of Medicine

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 »

Drawing the Mind: Aesthetics of Representing Mental Illness in Select Graphic Memoirs

Sathyaraj, V., & Saji, S. (2019). Drawing the mind: Aesthetics of representing mental illness in select graphic memoirs, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459319846930 ABSTRACT: Representation of psychological experiences necessitates a creative use of means of expression. In the field of graphic medicine, autobiographical narratives… Read More »