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Ashley DeHudy, a third-year medical student, dreams of being in the cast of the 1985 film, "The Goonies."

Images of Illness

Vignettes on Healthcare

By Ashley DeHudy

Photo by Ashley DeHudy, Caption by Ashley DeHudy & Yorgos Strangas
The financial strain of illness is a potentially bottomless source of stress.

Photo by Ashley DeHudy, Caption by Ashley DeHudy & Yorgos Strangas
This image addresses the feeling of stigma and the difficulty of standing out in public as an ill person.

Photo by Ashley DeHudy, Caption by Ashley DeHudy & Yorgos Strangas
The huge time drain involved in dealing with a health-care system that, at it’s worst, makes patients feel smothered and infantilized.

Photo by Ashley DeHudy, Caption by Ashley DeHudy & Yorgos Strangas
The difficulty and courage involved in confronting one’s own mortality in the face of illness; yet, patients often continue to live miraculously hopeful lives.

Photo by Ashley DeHudy, Caption by Ashley DeHudy & Yorgos Strangas
Concerns for the next generation in light of the inheritability of disease.

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