Dominant ideas and structures at the core of modern medicine create a kind of “ideal patient”. Processes of standardisation, normalisation, and patient activation suit certain patients but create problems for some bodies, needs, and ways of being.

This series of art works is a commentary on how medicine creates its own “difficult patients”. It can also serve as an opportunity for critical reflection on how care professionals and patients, together, use their knowledge to enable better care and on the continued time, space, and trust they need to do so.