Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn!: at the National Library of Medicine

On March 1st, at the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Patti Brennan, director of the NLM, facilitated a panel that explored the meaning of graphic medicine, an emerging genre of medical literature that combines the art of comics and personal illness narrative. She was joined by Graphic Medicine guest curator, artist, author, and educator Ellen Forney; MK Czerwiec, a nurse and senior fellow at the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, and artist and author of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, and Dr. Michael Green, physician and professor in the Departments of Humanities and Internal Medicine at Penn State University. Dr Green, Ms Czerwiec and others, wrote Graphic Medicine Manifesto, which outlines the principles of graphic medicine and begins to map the field.

Thank you NLM.

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