Graphic medicine: use of comics in medical education and patient care
BMJPublished 3 March 2010
Michael J. Green, Kimberly Myers
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Graphic stories, or adult themed comics, are a popular new cultural trend, but it is argued that they are also a valuable tool for medicine.
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Graphic stories, or adult themed comics, are a popular new cultural trend. Michael J Green and Kimberly R Myers argue that they are also a valuable tool for medicine
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