Holding my heart

  • Biglino, Giovanni (Principal Investigator)
  • Fannin, Maria (Co-Investigator)
  • Baeza Ruiz, Ana (Co-Investigator)
  • Di Bella, Paola (Collaborator)
  • Marshall-Baquedano, James (Collaborator)

Project Details

Description

This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the role that 3D medical technologies can play in exploring one’s identity 3D medical models and the emotional implications that these can carry. We will particularly explore this through the lens of congenital heart disease, where 3D heart models have been shown to play important roles in the clinical care of and communication with patients. This is also a context in which arguably the emotional significance of the models is heightened by the fact that patients are born with their heart defect and therefore this plays a huge role in their identity – it is always present but never visible, and 3D technologies today enable patients to view and to hold their hearts.

Layman's description

This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the role that 3D medical technologies can play in exploring one’s identity 3D medical models and the emotional implications that these can carry. We will particularly explore this through the lens of congenital heart disease, where 3D heart models have been shown to play important roles in the clinical care of and communication with patients. This is also a context in which arguably the emotional significance of the models is heightened by the fact that patients are born with their heart defect and therefore this plays a huge role in their identity – it is always present but never visible, and 3D technologies today enable patients to view and to hold their hearts.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/03/2228/10/22

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