Graphic Medical Ethics

Graphic Medical Ethics: A Casebook of Clinical Dilemmas from Around the World is a collection of original ethics cases in clinical medicine, rendered in comic (graphic) form, as practiced in eight countries around the world. The book is a scholarly and creative contribution to the fields of health/medical humanities, global medical ethics, and Graphic Medicine; it aims to help satisfy a continually growing demand for global learning and cultural understanding in the popular medium of comics. This book fills a unique niche in terms of its breadth of ethical issues and cultural diversity in a single, concise, and affordable volume that can be used by students and instructors as an introduction to medical ethics, as well as acting as a casebook for seasoned clinicians who seek further understanding of and response to ethical issues.

Key Features

· Suitability for a wide range of readers—from undergraduate students in pre-health and social sciences to medical students; from multimedia enthusiasts to global citizens; from seasoned healthcare professionals to life-long learners outside the field of medicine

· Broadly appealing for time-pressured readers, including younger readers with shorter attention spans

· Concise and classroom-friendly: variety of subject matter/cultures in a single, inexpensive volume

· Multi-media (comics: visual + verbal) exploration of intricate, thorny, and consequential dilemmas that arise in the practice of medicine

· Lived experiences of healthcare providers and patients from distinct cultures

· Medical dilemmas and decisions explained from different perspectives (ethical frameworks) in language intended for a general reader