Skin awareness device for experiencing our interface with the world
Helena Fox
Photography
The role of sensory embodiment within the clinical encounter and consequent impact on the quality of healthcare
The Phossy Jaw Story
Polly Pok-Lam Fung
Photography
Historical parallels with a jaw condition now being treated by genetic technology
Art and Medical Practice
Christopher Waters
Drawing
The ‘whole’ patient as yet unseen – despite specialist investigations
Anti Mnemonist
Anonymous
Drawing
Three intersecting graphic perspectives based on living with dementia and the underlying creative process
The Heart of the Matter
Sophie Swinhoe
Painting
Musings on the heart, cultural, anatomical, personal inspired by patient artwork
Rescue
Anonymous
Poetry
The initial disconnecting and isolating aspect of pain and illness – and relief when a web of support emerges
Alive
Hayley Penhale
Poetry
‘The miracle of life is not to live – but to be alive’: the doctor’s role in supporting patients to address self-depleting patterns
Sun-Spun
Margaret Williams
Poetry
The poet observes a child with autism absorbed in play and feels privileged to be invited to join her world
A New Beginning
Anonymous
Prose
Birth and death, joy and grief – bound up in exceptional circumstances
Long Dark Tunnel
Rachel Gelder
Mixed-media
Image from the perspective of a elderly patient whose world is rapidly shrinking due to anxiety about her infirmity
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