Cruel Carousel: The Grim Grind of "Compassionate" Dialysis

Abstract

In this graphic narrative, a clinician illustrates an experience of caring for an undocumented patient suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Cruel Carousel tells one of the stories that most profoundly shaped the author's own views on health care for undocumented immigrants. Graphic narrative was chosen to tell this story because words alone couldn't capture the patient's experience or the author's distress about what happened to him.