Graphic Medicine: the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health.
- Graphic Medicine: Ill-conceived & well drawn
Graphic medicine is the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health. The combined language of words and pictures that is the comic medium gives approachability and emotional impact to these personal stories, and even to the clinical data they sometimes include.
This webpage contains information on the NLM Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well Drawn exhibit as well as resources, tools and an education module to integrate graphic medicine into your health literacy training.
Graphic Medicine ManifestoPublication Date: 2015
Uncanny Bodies : Superhero Comics and DisabilityPublication Date: 2019
Clinical Ethics : A Graphic Medicine CasebookPublication Date: 2022
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Websites
- NSHA - Patient EducationThe NSH subject guide on Patient Education via the NSH Library Services
- NSHA - Patient Education Pamphlets IndexThe NSH subject guide on Patient Education Pamphlets - Print Code Index via the NSH Library Services
- Health LiteracyHealth literacy is defined by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as: the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Increasing health literacy is essential to empowering people to manage their health and advocate for their family’s and their own wellbeing, as well as reducing the burden on Canada’s health care system.
- Understanding Health Literacy (from CDC)Taking care of our health is part of everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor, clinic, or hospital. Health literacy can help us prevent health problems, protect our health, and better manage health problems when they arise.
- An Introduction to Health Literacy (NLM)An introduction to health literacy from the National Library of Medicine.
- Mandate for Health Literacy (WHO)The United Nations ECOSOC Ministerial Declaration of 2009 provided a clear mandate for action: “We stress that health literacy is an important factor in ensuring significant health outcomes and in this regard, call for the development of appropriate action plans to promote health literacy.” Indeed, knowledge and understanding remain powerful tools in health promotion.
- How To Create a My Medicines ListIt can be hard to keep track of medicines. A My Medicines List can remind you when, how, and how much medicine to take. Here are step-by-step instructions to create a My Medicines List for yourself, a family member, a friend, or anyone you take care of.
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