An Appointment in Samarra
End of life care from literary and cultural perspectives
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
This Family and Other Drugs
An other-worldly moment when communication challenges post-stroke dissolve in an integrated, multi-sensory experience
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 the Patient-Narrative
The challenges of describing physical symptoms verbally
The Barrier of Medical Jargon
A plea for less clinical terminology used in consultations to build a more participatory relationship between clinicians and patients
Heart in Your Hands
The privilege of receiving the patient’s heart and soul
Infertility
A GP consultation inspired exploration into the cultural stigma and emotional impact of infertility
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.
Can curing do more harm than good? – The danger in creating ‘normality’.
Thoughts on the definition of gender – normality as a spectrum
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
Life Sentences
A mother gives birth and returns to jail without her baby – what is gained from this arrangement?
The Arms of Isolation
Loneliness and anxiety around media coverage of NHS
Give me a Hand
Diverse quotes around the current healthcare profession in the public domain
Donation
Complexity and apathy around organ and whole-body donation
The Wait
The role of patient’s decisions around life-choices within palliative care
Loose Threads
This artwork represents the imagined life of a street worker – a composite character inspired by the work of the Bristol charity One25
The Reach
Questions around how certain cancers dominate the attention of the media, health services and government spending.
An Inward Scream
Post-surgery return to work whilst recovering from cancer.
Life Saver
Appreciation of a GP’s attention – leading to an early cancer diagnosis
Flying with the Ravens
The all-clear four years after a cancer diagnosis brings heady new horizons
Reach Out
Personal insight into medical student stress and the role of counselling
‘But Gampo, your carpet’s dirty’
The author as a child’s attempts to process being alongside a dying relative and reflections around how is grief is experienced across time
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
Reflections on the Human Form
Drawing on historical and current perspectives to exploring the richness of human form
Up Close and Personal
Balancing anatomy and living presence through portraiture
In One Hand a Paintbrush, the Other a Pen
Embodied kinaesthetic learning whilst absorbing verbal knowledge and an exploration of creative engagement and well-being
Ecosystem
The hospital as an intricate, delicately balanced community
Enslaved Mind
Moving beyond our habitual patterns of thought to enhance living creatively – how frozen thought plays a role in mental health
Think Like a Tree
Exploring how looking after ourselves and others holistically might help to reduce the reliance and pressures on our healthcare system
Balancing Boats and Bodies
Seeking what provides each unique individual with the resilience to thrive
Sewing yourself back together
Free-hand embroidery based on exploration of alternative therapies to support post-natal depression.
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
The Art of Medicine- ‘The Doctor as an Artist’
A nuanced insight into the dynamic complexities and creativity of clinical consultations within authentic holistic care