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How Comic Strips Create Better Health Care | Sam Hester | TED

Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient’s needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester shares how illustrating small details of her mother’s medical story as she struggled with mysterious symptoms alongside her Parkinson’s…

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Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient’s needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester shares how illustrating small details of her mother’s medical story as she struggled with mysterious symptoms alongside her Parkinson’s and dementia led to more empathy, understanding, communication and peace of mind.

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  1. abeismain

    March 3, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    It’s a sign! These comics strips are so important in hospitals everybody is celebrating their ignorance so we need pictures and words on paper.

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    March 3, 2022 at 8:11 pm

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  3. Yoziixx

    March 3, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    Amazing, very inspirational.

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  6. Drawing Momentum

    March 3, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    And a real person actually hand drew them, not some digital photoshop fake.

  7. Eduardo Loureiro Jr.

    March 3, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    Inspiring!

  8. Alexia Neves

    March 3, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    It’s so heart warming thank you ????

  9. HD Sempro

    March 3, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    Why did I first read this as Comic Sans?????

  10. Joanne Whitlock - Speaking Made Simple ESL

    March 3, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    I was told to use my cartoons for therapy and help with communication but I didn’t know who to talk to. You’ve got me thinking about that again! Thank you.

  11. Samuel Zev

    March 4, 2022 at 12:56 am

    This is actually quite common when I was admitted in the hospital in Western Australia. My nurses drew pictures on how my hand sking and ankle foot orthosis should be placed on me.

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    March 4, 2022 at 2:01 am

    U really want to see the drs giggle, draw funny pictures on urself on the spot where they’re about to do ur biopsy ????

  13. Randy James

    March 4, 2022 at 3:28 am

    Thank you for sharing!

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    March 4, 2022 at 9:16 am

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  16. Divya

    March 4, 2022 at 9:30 am

    Good daughter concerned about mother ….used her creative side to help her mom ….

  17. Invox

    March 4, 2022 at 11:57 pm

    Comics are the best.

  18. Maria Yanakakis Weeks

    March 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    What an amazing story. I, too, cared for several family members and ended up as their advocate, making decisions on their behalf and having to ‘speak for them’ as often happens. I can empathize with your wanting to stay longer than anticipated to ensure your Mom was cared for correctly. Thank you for sharing your experience, Sam Hester, and giving us another way to ‘tell a healthcare story’ – truly remarkable.

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