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Understanding Breast Cancer Images in Art History as a Form of Health Communication
Siobhan Conaty1, John David Ike2, Whitney Lane3
1Art History, La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA.
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Can art and visual images meant for public consumption (museums, galleries, social media platforms) serve as a critical form of health communication for breast cancer patients? For their clinicians? For the population at large? Art history research methods are applied to a range of breast cancer images in western art in order to understand what the images communicate to us about patient experience, agency, and inequity in health care at the time of their construction. The following is a selective look at western art as it reflects and informs our understanding of breast cancer over time.
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