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February 2019
Narrative Medicine Rounds » Reclaiming Patient Narrative through Graphic Medicine: A Talk by Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay, Author of “RX: A Graphic Memoir”
For our first Narrative Medicine Rounds in 2019, we welcome Rachel Lindsay, a Vermont-based cartoonist and author of "RX: A Graphic Memoir", a graphic novel about her experience advertising psychopharmaceuticals as a bipolar person, and subsequent involuntary hospitalization for mania. Alison Bechdel, author of "Fun Home" and a 2014 MacArthur Fellow, says of the book, “With gallows humor and graphic energy that vibrates off the page, Rachel Lindsay shares the powerful story of her unraveling, and in the process, manages to knit…
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Workshops » Burnout in Healthcare: The Need for Narrative
The care of the sick unfolds in stories. The effective practice of healthcare requires the ability to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved to action by the stories of others.
Find out more »April 2019
Narrative Medicine Rounds » “Changing Our Narrative about Narrative: From Presence to Power,” a Talk by Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change
For our April Narrative Medicine Rounds, we welcome Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, a leading online racial justice organization. Driven by more than 1.4 million members working to build political and cultural power for Black communities, Color Of Change is creating a more human and less hostile world for all people in America. Color Of Change uses an innovative combination of technology, research, media savvy and local community engagement to build powerful movements and change the industries that…
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