An Exhibition of General Practice May 16th-27th 2012
This exhibition marks the closing event of the tercentenary celebrations of the Medical School of Trinity College Dublin. It is the inspiration of the Professor of General Practice, Tom O’Dowd, who commissioned Fionn McCann as photographer. It highlights the vital role of GPs in contemporary Irish society, providing a glimpse into the usually private interactions between GP and patient, capturing the trials, tribulations and sometimes humour of these encounters.
Through the sensitivity of McCann’s lens, the frontline work of GPs is revealed in all its diversity. In the consulting room or on home visits, the GP may be called upon to medicate, to perform procedures or simply to explain and reassure. Above all, the confessional quality of the patient-GP encounter, where listening to the patient’s concerns is of prime importance, is underlined.
Made between 2009 and 2011, the work documents a series of patients’ visits to six General Practitioners throughout Ireland. The GPs and the featured patients gave permission to have McCann present during these normally private encounters and the project was ethically approved by the Irish College of General Practitioners.
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