By Jill L. Newmark ~ When the idea for an exhibition on graphic medicine was initially introduced in the Exhibition Program at the National Library

Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn! explores the meaning of an emerging sub-genre of medical literature that combines the art of comics and personal illness narrative. The art of comics, which combines the use of words and pictures, gives approachability and emotional impact to these personal stories, and even to the clinical data they sometimes include. As a way of understanding illness and health care, these stories can be essential to effective treatment, healing, and understanding.
By Jill L. Newmark ~ When the idea for an exhibition on graphic medicine was initially introduced in the Exhibition Program at the National Library
On March 1, 2018, at 2:00 PM ET in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine, NLM Director Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD
By Erika Mills ~ In works of graphic medicine—an emerging field of medical literature—patients and their loved ones, caregivers, and health professionals tell stories about
By Patricia Tuohy and Erika Mills ~ Graphic medicine—the use of comics or graphic narratives in health care discourse, is an emerging form of medical