Medical illustration in the NHS: 40 years of progress? Keynote Address 21 st Annual Conference of the Institute of Medical and Biological Illustration at the University of Nottingham, September 1988

Abstract

During the 40 years of the NHS, photographic and graphic technology has undergone enormous change and progress. But has the medical illustrator kept up with these changes and is his status within the service, relative to other staff, as high as it was; or is he gradually sinking to become a technical aid?