Acupuncture and chronic pain relief
Alternative medicines and debilitating invisible illness
To be true to one another in the good times and in bad…
Hearts connect to maintain the pulse of recovery
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
Surface Anatomy
Students proposed the development of an app allowing patients to visually connect with inner body structures and together with the clinician, observing specific areas in detail
The corridors of death
Clinical encounters during a child’s journey with a life-limiting disability raises questions around the dissonance of the hospital environment
The Wait
The role of patient’s decisions around life-choices within palliative care
Living with Genetic Diseases
Living with genetic conditions: identity and self-worth through the metaphor of a child’s experience of society and lack of agency
Under the Iceberg
Individual barriers to seeking clinical help
Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)
Thoughts around embracing death and learning from the wisdom of age
Fire and Snow
The early trauma of visiting the poet’s mother’s in hospital re-visited
Songs of Courage
Healing through music therapy inspires a student’s poem
Flight
Humorous account of a daughter/carer leaving this role after much provocation
The Ripple Effect
Conflicts and complexity of care – inspired by a mother’s personal experience
Rescue
The initial disconnecting and isolating aspect of pain and illness – and relief when a web of support emerges
Alive
‘The miracle of life is not to live – but to be alive’: the doctor’s role in supporting patients to address self-depleting patterns
A New Beginning
Birth and death, joy and grief – bound up in exceptional circumstances
Precious
Fictionalized account of a tender relationship, Sita the life-long companion and carer of her frail husband
A Note On Haiku
Imaginative, poetic presentations of medical conditions
Climate Transformation and Health Deterioration
Global health and socio-emotional impact on already burdened communities.
We Do Not Yet See Clearly But Hope is Gold
An evocative narrative, taking a universal approach to explore the role of hope within terminal illness
Unpredictable
‘There will always be shadows on the land ..’ the dynamic balance between health and illness
Helping Hands
Institutionalization and learned helplessness in hospital
Waking
Poignant narrative about a wife waking up next to frail and incapacitated husband
Hearts Connect
‘Meeting’ the patient in an authentic way – in a memorable consultation