graphic medicine: comics in the wellcome library
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A presentation to Wellcome Library staff on the topic of medically-themed graphic novels and comics. My colleagues Stephen Lowther and Mun-Keat Looi lent their expertise to the presentation, too. 2 Feb 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Library
Mun-Keat Looi
Stephen Lowther
Jenn Phillips-Bacher
2 February 2011
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
What you’ll find in the collections
Educational comics
•For teens
•For adults
Graphic novels
•Graphic pathologies
•Cancer
•Mental health
•Chronic illness
•Manga
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
Safe sex for teens
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
Superheroes, the USA and special interests fight the baddies
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
Sexual responsibility for adults
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Cancer narratives
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Mental health
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Chronic illness
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Doctors, ethics and manga
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
How to find in the collections
•Medicine & Society collection: browse shelves at HHLC
•Genre search in Library catalogue:
•‘graphic novels’
•‘comic books’
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Graphic Medicine: Comics in the Wellcome Library
Additional resources
Graphic Medicine: http://graphicmedicine.org/
Ian Williams’s review site
Polite Dissent: http://politedissent.com/fav_med.php
Reviews and essays about medicine in pop culture