Graphic Medicine: Ethics and Society. (360G-Wellcome-101062_Z_13_Z)

BSMS in collaboration with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust and Graphic Medicine wishes to host the fourth international conference of Graphic Medicine. Previous meetings have been held in London, Chicago and Toronto. The meeting will be entitled Ethics Under Cover: Comics, Medicine and Society to reflect the theme of the meeting - the use of graphic narrative to convey ethical complexities in illness experience and healthcare. Under this broad banner there will be sessions addre ssing neurodegenerative disease, elderly medicine, practitioner experience, carer experience, the ever expanding cancer narrative and the ethics of genetic inheritance and disease. We expect around two hundred participants from the UK, North America and mainland Europe ranging from graphic artists through medical practitioners, students, stakeholder groups and academic scholars. The meeting will be a mix of peer reviewed academic papers, symposia and workshops. There will also be an exhibitio n displaying participants' work. The event will be widely advertised and then disseminated through social media and pod casting. Brighton is a vibrant hub for artistic activity and the conference will make best use of facilities and opportunities beyond the medical school by working in partnership with local publishers, cinemas, libraries and local media.