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Six personal health zines that might change your life

Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.

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The poetic language of health

When his doctors could only offer phone consultations, James Morland turned to poetry to make sense of the medical terms describing his symptoms and test results.

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Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze

Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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  • A Medical Staff Vounteer
  • A Medical Staff Vounteer
  • Group portrait of WPRL Staff
  • Publications by Wellcome Institute Staff, 1987
  • Wellcome Laboratories, Brockwell Park - Staff
  • Wellcome Laboratories, Brockwell Park - Staff
  • Staff of Wellcome Research Laboratories, group portrait.
  • AIDS and the workplace / NUPE Health Service Staff.
  • AIDS and the workplace / NUPE Health Service Staff.
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