A message in an app from her doctor following a routine colon cancer screening inspired the author to conceive of the drawing "physician communication." The author created the drawing so she could digest the words the doctor said-cellular, polyp, early-stage. As the author thought about their medical visit more, it struck her how big the issue of physician communication is, and how it has been an enormous challenge in my life. So many words are shared, and so much meaning is lost in translation. For the author, the drawing captures the essence of her medical visit because it represents the physician's body of high-level long words that keep the patient from understanding their circumstances. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
Kristin Watkins (2026) studied this question.