Hello Doctor
In ‘Hello Doctor’ you will find art and poems created by people living with obesity. Focussing on experiences of communication with healthcare professionals, the reality of these encounters - the difficulties, worries, challenges, and hopes – are emotively and creatively shared.
Partner Organisation
Project Lead
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Charlotte Albury
Associate Professor
Background
Hello Doctor is a book of co-created poetry and art. A group of nine people living with obesity took part in a series of creative workshops led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science’s ‘Clinical Communication’ group. Two artists, Libby Wilcox-Pierce and Ameal Wolf, and a poet, Grace Copeland, led the workshops and shared skills and methods to support people taking part to create art and poetry to communicate their stories and experiences. Members of the group also shared more about their experiences of communication with Libby and Ameal, who created their own artwork from these discussions. Through their art, poetry, and discussions the group highlighted why research is needed to improve communication between healthcare professionals and people living with obesity, and discussed priorities for what research should be done.
How we communicate is important. Whoever you are, we hope ‘Hello Doctor’ provides opportunity to read, learn, listen, reflect, and share.
Researcher
People living with obesity tend to feel like they are not being seen or heard, the poems and art work in this document, have given people living with obesity a voice and an opportunity to be seen, which I think is really important. Each piece is so powerful and hopefully provides some insights into what it really feels like to live with obesity, in a way that we have never seen or heard before.
Sarah Le Brocq, Founder & Director All About Obesity and someone that lives with obesity.
Project co-ordinator
Carousel of creations
Hello Doctor Art and Poems
The Creatives
Grace Copeland (Somerville College, poet)
Lilbby Wilcox Pearce (Somerville College, artist)
Ameal Wolf, artist
Lived experience contributors
Naomi, Susan, Tanveer, Steve, Debs, Gill and those who wished to remain anonymous
A poem by Naomi focusing on the experience of communication with a healthcare professional, the reality of these encounters - the difficulties, worries, challenges, and hopes
Release in Silence
A poem "based on an appointment with a GP over a year ago. We discussed the diabetes, the eating disorder and my then weight."