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How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

When my mum was admitted to the hospital, i didn't know what to do. That's when it came to me, a picture could help. So i drew one that said: Please support wheel chair and bed with pillows. This was the first of so many pictures i drew to help my mum. I carried pictures like this around with me everywhere i went. They gave me insight into challenges i hadn't even been aware of. After i'd drawn all those pictures, my mamma asked me, now, draw one more. Draw me looking healthy. And lavel it jocelyn's goal, she said, the staff here are just going to see a sick, old

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