Diagnoses
Medicine has a talent for typology – for taking a collection of disturbing tests and symptoms and synthesising them into a unitary diagnosis. OOOH!! has many artworks that reflect on the travails of particular diagnoses of mind and body.
Selected Artworks
OOOH!! can be used to illuminate our understand of diagnoses as diverse as trigeminal neuralgia, autism, cardiomyopathy, dementia , anorexia and pemphigus vulgaris. It is pleasing too that a majority of artworks tackle themes that transcend any particular diagnosis.
OOOH!! Search & Filter
Use the OOOH!! filter system below to locate all the works dealing with a particular diagnosis. The dropdown list “Diagnoses” will reveal all. You can then narrow your search by choosing additional dropdown categories such as Art Forms and Specialties.
Medical Dilemma
An elderly woman in acute pain, balancing the level of pain-killers in question
Sun-Spun
The poet observes a child with autism absorbed in play and feels privileged to be invited to join her world
Hearts
Ninety-two paper hearts to represent the loss of the artist’s father to heart disease
Dementia and the Sense of Self
‘I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that’
Bubble
A hospital visit to a friend profoundly altered bodily and mentally whilst being treated for an eating disorder
From steroids to self healing – a patient’s journey
A daughter’s insight into her mother’s healing process and an exploration into the concept of self-healing and holism
Diagnoses
Medicine has a talent for typology – for taking a collection of disturbing tests and symptoms and synthesising them into a unitary diagnosis. OOOH!! has many artworks that reflect on the travails of particular diagnoses of mind and body.
OOOH!! can be used to illuminate our understand of diagnoses as diverse as trigeminal neuralgia, autism, cardiomyopathy, dementia , anorexia and pemphigus vulgaris. It is pleasing too that a majority of artworks tackle themes that transcend any particular diagnosis.
OOOH!! Search & Filter
Use the OOOH!! filter system below to locate all the works in OOOH!! which use a particular medium. The dropdown list “Perspectives” will reveal all. You can then narrow your search by choosing additional dropdown categories such as Art Forms and Diagnoses.
What’s Inside?
A thought-provoking case study of gender ambiguity and identity construction
‘The patient may appear well’ – Amy’s Story
The effect of medically unexplained symptoms and associated complex issues including self-harm
Schizophrenia
Stigma: the impact schizophrenia on a family unit and link with the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’
If in doubt, call it out!
The ward as a stressful environment when clinicians overlook patients’ privacy
Flight
Humorous account of a daughter/carer leaving this role after much provocation
Postcodes: are they a prescribing destiny?
Exploring the notion of post-code lottery regarding oncology treatment drawing on patient responses
Living with Alcoholism
The author’s experience as child/carer alongside her mother’s addiction
Thirst
Poem about author’s initial denial of diabetes
This is your Grandad
The death of a grandparent highlights tensions between bio-medical knowledges and personal loss.
How Am I?
Prose inspired by meeting a distraught, terminally-ill mother who had just given birth
The Ripple Effect
Conflicts and complexity of care – inspired by a mother’s personal experience
CANCER?
A medical student’s mixed response to his mother’s suspected cancer diagnosis
Diagnosis: Loneliness
The impact of loneliness on individual well-being – a student’s social experiment
The Appearance of Disease
A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation
Skin awareness device for experiencing our interface with the world
The role of sensory embodiment within the clinical encounter and consequent impact on the quality of healthcare
The Phossy Jaw Story
Historical parallels with a jaw condition now being treated by genetic technology
Art and Medical Practice
The ‘whole’ patient as yet unseen – despite specialist investigations
Anti Mnemonist
Three intersecting graphic perspectives based on living with dementia and the underlying creative process
The Heart of the Matter
Musings on the heart, cultural, anatomical, personal inspired by patient artwork
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
Sun-Spun
The poet observes a child with autism absorbed in play and feels privileged to be invited to join her world
A New Beginning
Birth and death, joy and grief – bound up in exceptional circumstances
Long Dark Tunnel
Image from the perspective of a elderly patient whose world is rapidly shrinking due to anxiety about her infirmity
Big Black Dogs
Metaphorical musing around depression as something which cannot be shaken off
The Struggle
The tension between the will to thrive and a body cumulatively challenged by ill-health
Abnormal
Concern for a young woman patient living with chronic pain and skin disfigurement – compounded by a detached parent
Pseudo Life
A carer places her considerable health issues at one remove despite her GP’s concerns
Taking History
An insight into the impact a diagnosis of breast cancer upon a close-knit family
All Men are Equal
Psychological, physiological and social components are creatively addressed within a case-study based exploration of the impact of rheumatoid arthritis
Picking Up The Pieces
A musical composition inspired by a suicidal patient living in intolerable circumstances
Life-Line
A GP provides timely support to a patient with addiction
The Future
An emergency hospitalization where the patient is unaware of gravity of her condition
A Patient Examination
Non-dualism in Arts and Science
Listening To A Heart
Really listening patients, their hopes and fears and what has brought them to their doctor in the first place
The Architecture of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Caring and effective doctor-patient relationships from student observations within consultations
A Real Person Too
A young addict unexpectedly finds understanding from the medical profession
Daytime Television
A stark domestic insight into the realities of supporting a loved one with acquired disability
Valerie
Narrative inspired by a profoundly disabled patient – insights around being a passive recipient of multiple interventions
Dealing with Death
Are doctors prepared and resilient when treatment is no longer relevant, in the case of a dying patient and what is the patient’s agenda?
Open Your Eyes – Depression in Medical Students
Challenging misconceptions around medical health issues in medical education, a personal insight conveyed through film and text
Eat Less
The notion that obesity is a self-inflicted is scrutinized after a home visit.