TB Research

Art and the Fight Against Tuberculosis

Eric F. Egelund, Amy L. Bucciarelli

JAMA · 2022-07

Abstract

This Arts and Medicine essay reviews the work of visual artist Paula Siniatkina, who has used her experience as a patient previously quarantined and treated for tuberculosis to create art intended to represent and destigmatize the disease.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • The arts
  • Visual arts
  • Disease
  • Aesthetics