Peony Petals
The light and shade of living with a skin condition
Sensory Connections
Creating multi-sensory environments to help newborns thrive
Stitched-Up
Exploring reasons why patients withhold
Forget-Me-Not
Honouring each child’s life-cycle – however brief
Green Space, Deep Breath
A patient’s belief in Nature’s healing makes a powerful impact
Imagine my Pain
The uniqueness of pain and communication challenges
Broken Heart Syndrome Unravelled
The script of a patient’s heart
The dynamic of familial care
An illuminating model of caring for loved ones
Confusion
In-depth observation of patients in hospital during the Pandemic offers deep learning
Chamomile: patience in adversity
A vaccination clinic nurtures hope and light
Loving a missing lover
The emotional toll of grieving whilst caring for a life-partner
Disconnected
The complexities of remote consultations
Understanding the True Burden
Strong bonds of family love sustaining a mother living with a chronic and acute ill-health are explored through voice, music and movement
Hospital: A Living Architecture
Appreciation of hospital care by a close relative causes a student to consider this holistic clinical community
The Bold Explorer
Hayley Penhale – Patient determined to forge a positive relationship with his health following a cancer diagnosis
A Silent Society
Living with a stutter- an exploration of historical and cultural perspectives
Organ Manufacture
Questions around the ethics of new technologies and a culture of throw-away organs
The Spider
A multi-faceted interpretation of living with mental illness inspired by a GP consultation
They Are the Brave
A deeply reflective analysis of patients’ vulnerability and hope within clinical care. Hard-won personal insight has integrated this tension in a simple, poignant and artful poem
Bad News
A broad view of the hidden, visceral impact of diagnosis on the patient, family and extended community-potentially mis-interpreted as dis-engaged during the emotional process of adjustment
Lost to Dementia
The role of memory within dementia
Flowers
Exploring the intertwined role of clinical care and family support through flora
The art of adding beauty to the brain
A GP’s approach to living with dementia as an opportunity for growth in herself offers unorthodox, positive, alternatives
JK’s Story
A patient’s story following a traumatic family incident through addiction and isolation to a hard-won re-connection to society and regaining well-being
Acknowledging emotional reactions in newly diagnosed patients
The complexity of processing diagnoses
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
The Individuality of Illness
Three patients’ diverse approaches to challenging medical conditions are sensitively explored and interpreted through imagery and deeply considered prose
Beyond Physical Boundaries
The significance of giving space to the unknown in consultations
Under the Iceberg
Individual barriers to seeking clinical help
Loss
Respecting the patient’s identity and emotions equally alongside of equal value in the face of clinical interventions
Despair
Processing the devastating impact of a diagnosis of clinical depression witnessed in a GP consultation through layers of painting
Childhood Illness : the family impact
The irreversible effect of acute childhood illness on the family as a whole
Jane Doe
An intricate, sensitive analysis of consultation objectives and provision of appropriate holistic support.
Orofacial Pain
The all-consuming and fragmenting impact of chronic and acute facial pain
Loss
The unexpected emotional impact of a family doctor’s concern for a man whose wife died of cancer
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’
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