Contact
Dark and light – the complexities of consultations stripped bare
The Caring Doctor
Black humour around a doctor’s cynical outlook
The Snowman
Doctor-snowman made in response to wishes of a terminally-ill patient on a home-visit
The Patient
A traumatic experience of de-humamizing psychiatric care for a medical student in the 1960’s
Targets
Humorous response to government guidelines in general practice
Christmas Decorations
Narrative based on an encounter with an elderly lady in hospital ward not wanting to return home to her isolated existence
My Mother: The Stranger
The poet accompanies his mother through acute clinical depression
Sleepless
Sleep patterns following life’s journey, lyrical literary perspectives and legacy of broken sleep
Hearts Connect
‘Meeting’ the patient in an authentic way – in a memorable consultation
The Veil
The impossibility of cognitively coming to terms with news of a young baby’s imminent death
Kidney Flower
A patient living well with kidney disease is profoundly inspiring to the artist
The Eyes are the Window to The Soul
The artist suggests an important role of the doctor includes observing patients’ unspoken feelings
Bodies
A powerful poem around survival inspired by a prisoner of war in Burma who now finds himself dying from cancer as was the case for his recently and abruptly deceased wife
Two Women
The emotional fragility of fertility and socio/cultural context
Waiting Rooms
The surgery waiting room – exploring the body language of vulnerability
Whole Person Care
A challenge to holism and creativity within medical education.
The Art of General Practice
Beaming in on an array of symptoms presented by patient
That ‘s not what my doctor in Caithness said…
A doctor and student visit a fiercely independent elderly lady surviving in chaotic living conditions
Make a Difference
An insight into social deprivation through a chance encounter with a local resident
Medical Dilemma
An elderly woman in acute pain, balancing the level of pain-killers in question