Patient Cartoons

"Well, yes, it's a routine procedure - if you routinely have someone slice open your body with sharp instruments and then fiddle with your insides."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC124056
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4550x3383 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, patient, surgery, medical, consultation, surgery, surgeries, routine procedure, routine procedures, under the knife, going under the knife, casual, casualness, surgeon, surgeons, apprehension, apprehensive, nervous, nervousness, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety, anxieties, procedure, procedures, appendectomy, appendectomies, tonsil, tonsils, tonsillitis, mankoff

"I'll be performing the operation, and this is the anesthesiologist."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
Search ID:
CC124814
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9790x7550 pixels (unwatermarked)
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medicine, medical, doctor, doctors, anaesthesiology, anaesthesiologist, anaesthesiologists, operation, operations, surgery, surgeries, unconscious, club, clubs, hit, knock out, knocked out, knock-out, knocked-out, put to sleep, patient, patients, prehistoric, cavemen, caveman, cave, caves, history, prehistory, ancient

"This is a second opinion. At first, I thought you had something else."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC31998
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1968x1731 pixels (unwatermarked)
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incompetent, incompetence, second opinion, second opinions, referral, referrals, medical opinion, medical opinions, doctor, doctors, medical malpractice, malpractice, patient, patients, physician, physicians, gp, gps, general practitioner, general practitioners

"Unfortunately, there's no cure—there's not even a race for a cure."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC39974
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1997x1567 pixels (unwatermarked)
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medicine, medication, medical, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, consultation, consult, diagnosis, diagnose, cure, no cure, illness, ill, sick, sickness, death, disease, health, doctor's appointment, examination, incurable

"We're borrowing the best features of the Canadian system."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC24012
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1429x1348 pixels (unwatermarked)
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canadian mounted police, hospital, hospitals, patient, patients, healthcare, health care, canadian healthcare, canadian medical care, medical insurance, health insurance, doctor, doctors, canadian healthcare system, national health service, uniform, uniforms, canadian influence, canadian influences

"O.K., just one more and then I've got to get on with my life."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC25029
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2321x1473 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pet, pets, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, get on with life, stick, sticks, chase, chases, chasing, dog, dogs, patient, patience, impatient, short attention span, short attention spans, attention span, attention spans, game, games

"It is thornlike in appearance, but I need to order a battery of tests."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC39100
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2037x1789 pixels (unwatermarked)
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androcles, aesop, fable, fables, lions, mice, thorns, doctors, patient, doctor, patients, tests, animals, talking, medical, thorn, paw, paws, medical test, medical tests, medical testing, physician, physicians, diagnosis, diagnosis, medical bureaucracy, folk story, folk stories

"Actually, these aren't bad times to be delusional."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC133356
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3006x2481 pixels (unwatermarked)
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delusion, delusions, delusional, deluded, therapy, therapist, therapists, shrink, shrinks, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychiatry, mental health, mental state, mental states, psychologist, psychologists, patient, patients, psychoanalyst, psychoanalysts

"You tested positive for being negative."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC132110
High Res:
4399x3603 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
medicine, medical, doctor, doctors, nurse, nurses, patient, patients, test, testing, tests, test result, test results, result, results, positive, negative, optimist, pessimist, optimism, pessimism, unclear, over complicated, complicate, complicated, positive for being negative, mood, moods, grumpy, bad mood, negative outlook, outlook, pessimists

"You're not crazy. You want crazy?"

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
Search ID:
CC123805
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5590x3894 pixels (unwatermarked)
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therapy, therapist, therapists, patient, patients, counsel, counselling, counsellor, counselor, counseling, patient confidentiality, confidentiality, confidential, breach of confidentiality, records, record, record keeping, patient records, patient information, filing, filing system, patients notes, therapists notes, note taking, mental health, mental health issues, talking therapy, mental illness, depression, depressed, crazy, insane, insanity, unstable, instability, mentally unstable, rebuttal, rebutted

"You made that diagnosis just to be mean."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC121778
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3500x2896 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, medicine, medical, consultation, consult, examination, appointment, diagnose, diagnosis, ill, illness, disease, sick, sickness, patient, patients, fake, false, made-up, health, made up, made up, make-believe, jerk, nasty, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news

"Come quickly—I think I had an out-of-pocket experience."

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC123505
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4619x3668 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, medicine, medicines, health, healthy, health-care, health care, healthcare, medicare, medi care, obamacare, obama care, health insurance, insurance, medical insurance, patient, patients, nurse, nurses, out-of-pocket, out of pocket, illness, ill, sick, sickness, disease, diseases, get well, get well soon, critic, critical, critique, critically

"The doctor would like to know if anyone else out here needs surgery before he puts his stuff away."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC124034
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3694x3112 pixels (unwatermarked)
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last call, last calls, closing time, close, closes, closing, close up, closes up, procedure, procedures, surgery, surgeries, surgical procedure, surgical procedures, waiting room, waiting rooms, doctor, doctors, doctor's office, doctor's offices, patient, patients, queue, queues

"What about that! His brain still uses the old vacuum tubes."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC32705
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2126x2067 pixels (unwatermarked)
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brain, brains, mind, surgery, surgeons, surgeon, doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, operation, operations, patient, patients, vacuum tubes, vacuum tube, computer, computers, first-generation, first generation, technology, progress, circuit, circuits, hospital, hospitals, surprise, evolution, evolve, evolving, technologies, digital, digitalisation, digitalization

"We find pizza softens the blow of bad news."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC125601
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2902x3154 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bad, bad news, bearer of bad news, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, hospital, hospitals, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, death, dead, black humor, black humour, comfort food, comforting, comfort, food, pizza, pizzas, dark humor, dark humour, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, died, dying, terminal, terminal illness, medical, medicine

"Yee-ouch! That's gotta hurt."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC125311
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3290x2922 pixels (unwatermarked)
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operating room, operating rooms, or, ors, surgeon, surgeons, surgeries, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical procedures, blood, gore, bloody, gory, injury, injuries, patient, patients, doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, pain, painful, blood spatter, blood spatters, blood spattering

"I'm taking you off medicinal marijuana and putting you on medicinal harder stuff."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC38652
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2241x1756 pixels (unwatermarked)
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gateway drug, gateway, drugs, drugged, prescribe, prescribed, prescription, prescriptions, script, marijuana, weed, medicinal marijuana, medicinal drugs, medicinal weed, medicine, medicines, opiods, opiod crisis, opiod, opiod abuse, doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, science, health, healthcare, health care, state law, state laws, federal law, federal marijuana law, cannabis, medicinal cannabis, cannabid, cbd, thc, cbd oil, cbd oils, patient, patients, current affairs, current, affairs

"Please, honey, I'm with a patient, and I've asked you not to call me on this line."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC37038
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1800x2164 pixels (unwatermarked)
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stethoscope, stethoscopes, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, work, working, family, families, partner, partners, phone call, phone calls, call, calls, this line, line, lines, impossible, absurd, works, medical, medicine, medicines, phonecall, phonecalls, calling at work, emergency, treating, diagnose, diagnosing, equipment

"While you were under, I had all your friends come in and sign your heart stent."

Artist:
Dator, Joe
Search ID:
CC134708
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2912x2573 pixels (unwatermarked)
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heart, heart problem, heart problems, heart stent, heart stents, signature, signatures, sign, signs, signing, autograph, autographs, open-heart surgery, open-heart surgeries, surgery, surgeries, surgeon, surgeons, pride, cast, casts, patient, patients, operation, operations, support, supportive, friend, friends, friendship, friendships, xray, xrays, x-ray, x-rays

A therapist hides behind sandbags as a general talks of war.

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC40123
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1840x1588 pixels (unwatermarked)
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general, generals, veteran, veterans, vet, vets, ptsd, post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, war story, war stories, intimidate, intimidates, intimidating, intimidation, therapist, therapists, therapy, frighten, frightens, frightening, patient, patients, mental health, mental health problem, mental health problems, anger, angry, anger management, violent, violence

"I'm sure it increases your sense of security, Mr. Bromer, but I do wish you'd go back to your little blanket."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC28769
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2085x1821 pixels (unwatermarked)
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gun, guns, gun culture, gun violence, shooting, shootings, mass shooting, mass shootings, school shooting, school shootings, machine gun, machine guns, semi-automatic, semi-automatics, security, home security, security blanket, security blankets, safety, illusion of safety, regress, regresses, regressing, therapy, therapist, therapists, psychologist, psychologists, shrink, shrinks, headshrinker, headshrinkers, second amendment, 2nd amendment, patient, patients, gun nut, gun nuts

"When did we switch from magazines to musical instruments?"

Artist:
Eckstein, Bob
Search ID:
CC131551
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2906x2071 pixels (unwatermarked)
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musical instrument, musical instruments, magazine, magazines, waiting room, waiting rooms, doctor's office, doctor's offices, doctors office, doctors offices, doctor's surgery, doctor's surgeries, doctors surgery, doctors surgeries, patient, patients, band, bands, musician, musicians

"I don't think this is doing me any good."

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC129491
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4112x3628 pixels (unwatermarked)
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psychologist, psychologists, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, counselor, counselors, walk out, walking out, patient, patients, ditch, ditching, leave, leaving, unprofessional, bad service, treating, treatment, missing the point, selfish, self interest, self care, bad treatment, treating

"Shows you how much I know."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC42862
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2886x2340 pixels (unwatermarked)
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expert, experts, expertise, area of expertise, areas of expertise, die, dies, dying, patient, patients, malpractice, medical malpractice, malpractice suit, malpractice suits, lawsuit, lawsuits, wrongful death, teach, teaches, teaching, teacher, teachers, med student, med students, medical student, medical students, idiot, idiots, incompetent, incompetence, self-effacing, accident, accidents, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, surgeon, surgeons

"Well, now that you have it, you can stop worrying about getting it."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC120752
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2000x1713 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, consolation, unhelpful, medicine, medical, diagnose, diagnosis, worry, worries, patient, patients, worrying, contract, contracted, worried, not helpful, counterproductive, unprofessional, bad, bad medicine, worries, fear, fearful, fears, doctors office, prognosis, treatment, treatments