Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester shares how illustrating small details of her mother's medical story as she struggled with mysterious symptoms alon...

Very simple pictures and drawings are an effective way for patients and family caregivers to communicate health care needs. Visuals are not only time-savers, they’re tools for creating deeper empathy and connection. Thanks to a growing movement known as Graphic Medicine, visual narratives can help patients to be seen as human beings with stories...