Rachel DL: Conversations in D4/674
Discussion Questions
How does art serve as a way to connect Rachel to the nurse and foster understanding and connection?
What do you think Rachel is feeling as she prepares to leave the hospital?
How can harm be reproduced and mediated in medical settings?
Reflections from #MedHumChat
“I think we lose sight of how radically dehumanizing the experience of being a patient is. It's not out of malice, but when we say "Leave your home, leave your job, give us your clothes, wear this armband" you're either in the hospital or a prison.” —@IdiotTracker
“I've heard that anything that helps to see the human beyond the patient can help to be perceived as a person, not just a patient. That patients who receive visitors, or have photos on their nightstand, might be perceived differently.” —@OdyO11
“Lack of curiosity and lack of humility so often result in harm in healthcare, as does a presumption of incompetence towards patients and working to rule -- especially since rules are optimized towards the common/well compensated, often failing other patients.” —@OdyO11
About this #MedHumChat
“Conversations in D4/674” was paired with another comic “Trauma in the Emergency Room” by Rachel DL for a #MedHumChat on August 18, 2021 discussing Healthcare and Harm.
The pieces for this chat as well as the accompanying discussion questions were curated by Rachel DL.
About the Artist
Rachel DL (@wordcalculator) describes herself as a disabled artist and writer whose artistic work is rooted firmly in their identities as a queer, disabled survivor of child sexual abuse.