Anthony and the Role of Silence in Portraiture in Clinical Settings

Authors

Mark A. Gilbert, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Regina Idoate, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Michele M. Desmarais, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
William M. Lydiatt

Author ORCID Identifier

Gilbert https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-0664

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2020

Publication Title

AMA Journal of Ethics

Volume

22

Issue

6

Abstract

This article describes one collaborative arts-based research project. Portrait artist Mark Gilbert and coinvestigators consider lessons for art and healing from one patient, Anthony, whose experience of head and neck cancer diagnosis, surgery, and recovery suggests how silence is ethically, artistically, and clinically significant.

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Recommended Citation

Gilbert, M., Idoate, R., Desmarais, M.M., & Lydiatt, W.M. (2020, June). Anthony and the role of silence in portraiture in clinical settings. AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(6). doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.488.