Representations of Doctors in Literary Works

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer

Now That You Mention It by Kritstin Higgins

Sea Glass Island by Sherryl Woods 

There have been very few accurate and meaningful representations of doctors with disabilities in fiction. There is a dearth of disabled doctors in literature to begin with and when they are present, the themes or disability in conjunction with their profession are not tackled productively or successfully. A number of examples that make up this exhibit  show that even though there is great potential to set good examples of disabled doctors as part of literature with alot of scope for them to be nuanced, multi dimensional accounts, the opportunities are made light of and lost when either the themes are not developed thoughtfully or done in a uni dimensional or fragmented manner.