social media and art for medical advocacy
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Painting Advocacy meets
Social Media
Street art is truly the first global art movement fueled by the Internet. –Marc and Sara Schiller, Wooster Collective, 2010
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” ~Aristotle
Why not paint about the need for better hygiene practices and then enter that painting in an online vote competition?
Sometimes “blowing a gasket” leads to the best kind of collaborative disruption. Crowd-funding exists to make the impossible possible….
Where are the HOSPICE cards?There is nothing between “Get Well” and “Sympathy”
Where are the faces of the dying and those that love them?
The more stickers that are out there the more important it seems. The more important it seems, the more people want to know what it is.The more they ask they ask each other. It gains real power from perceived power. -Shepard Fairey
We can redefine expectations of how we communicate in medicine at every hospital, clinic and conference.
Let Patients SpeakWe must encourage every committee, conference and hospital board, to actively recruit and include patients in every aspect of the care process from design to implementation to resolution.
Invite patients and you will include artists,poets and writers in creating health policy.