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Saving Faces: portraits by Mark Gilbert

BMJ 2002; 324 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0204128 (Published 01 April 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;324:0204128
  1. Kiran Somani, intercalating medical student1
  1. 1St Georges Hospital Medical School

National Portrait Gallery, London, 27 February until 21 April 2002, open daily 10 am to 6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursday and Friday, admission free

Leeds City Art Gallery, JulyAugust 2002

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, SeptemberOctober 2002

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One million people in the United Kingdom incur facial injuries each year. Some people have cancer affecting the mouth; many are born with facial disfigurement. Some require corrective surgery.

The surgeon, the artist, and the portrait

Some of the images in Saving Faces are unsettling: they offer an insight …

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