2019/11/21 by J. F. Dobson · 1 citation
Medicine · #Empathy and Medical Education #Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy #Health and Medical Research Impacts
paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.l6603
openalex publication_date 2019/11/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/01/13
As you walk into Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, a new exhibition at the Science Museum, you are greeted by “Self-Conscious Gene,” a 3.5 m high bronze sculpture by Marc Quinn. The sculpture is of Rick Genest, also known as “Zombie Boy,” who tattooed his entire body with images of his skeleton and internal organs after he was given a brain tumour diagnosis at age …