‘To See Oursels’
Insights into the pleasures and predicaments of contemporary clinical practice through artistic works of medical students and patients.
2021 curation
‘O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us – To see oursels as ithers see us!’ (Burns, 1786)
Disconnected
The complexities of remote consultations
When Breath Becomes Air
A doctor’s transition to becoming a patient
Sleep
Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?
Primum non nocere: first do no harm
Tension between the will to ‘cure’ and treatment impairing the patient’s health
The chair-shaped space
Triangulating perspectives in GP consultations
The Art of the Patient-Narrative
The challenges of describing physical symptoms verbally
Heart in Your Hands
The privilege of receiving the patient’s heart and soul
Infertility
A GP consultation inspired exploration into the cultural stigma and emotional impact of infertility
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.
Teflon Man
A patient reflects on his doctor’s delivery of a cancer diagnosis
Hercules
The weight of responsibility in patient-care and maintaining work/life balance
The Appearance of Disease
A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation
Art and Medical Practice
The ‘whole’ patient as yet unseen – despite specialist investigations
Life-Line
A GP provides timely support to a patient with addiction
A Patient Examination
Non-dualism in Arts and Science
A message to our future doctors
A patient’s careful observation of her GP before presenting the ‘full picture’
Art in Medicine
The role of portraiture within healing.
Finding the Pain
Insights from patient drawings bring the impact of clinical consultations to the fore
Real Symptoms
A challenging consultation with a dissatisfied, distraught patient
The Caring Doctor
Black humour around a doctor’s cynical outlook
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