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Title: The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr. Iwan James
Author: Ian Williams
Illustrator: Ian Williams
Primary Health Topic: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Secondary Health Topic(s): General Practice
Special Considerations: Suicidal Ideation; Adult Language
Publication Date: June 26, 2014
Publisher: Myriad Editions/Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271067544
GM Review: Guest Review by Dr. Ian Fussell
Annotation: The fictional doctor, Iwan James, is a physician in England and secretly suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The reader is led through the doctor’s everyday life at home and at work. The art is black and white. This graphic novel takes a look into one perspective of a healthcare provider helping various patients one after another. The doctor also has to deal with other healthcare providers. There are fewer graphic medicine titles from a healthcare provider perspective. One particularly poignant panel depicts the different prayers that Iwan had to do every night to keep his world safe.
Annotated By: Alice Jaggers