What Arts-and-Health Practices Teach Us About Participation, Re-presentation, and Risk

Sofie Layton; Jo Wray; Victoria Walsh; Giovanni Biglino

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2022.638

What Arts-and-Health Practices Teach Us About Participation, Re-presentation, and Risk

AMA J Ethics. 2022 Jul 1;24(7):E638-645. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.638.

Authors

Sofie Layton¹, Jo Wray², Victoria Walsh³, Giovanni Biglino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Artist whose practice includes installation, site-sensitive performance, and theater.
² Health psychologist and senior research fellow in the Centre for Outcomes and Experience Research in Children's Health, Illness and Disability at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England.
³ Professor of art history and curating at the Royal College of Art in London, England.
⁴ Biomedical engineer.

PMID: 35838393
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.638

Abstract

This article explores the implications of risk in arts-and-health collaborations that represent illness narratives for the purpose of engaging the public. Based on an artist's, bioengineer's, and health psychologist's reflections from pediatric and adult group workshop practice settings, this article canvasses 8 dimensions of risk that deserve ethical attention.

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Medicine in the Arts*