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While medical language is soaked in metaphor, medicine – that is, medical culture, clinical practice, and medical education – outwardly rejects metaphor for
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-15 - Publisher: BRILL

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This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently
Medicine Is War
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Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Medicine is most often understood through the metaphor of war. We encounter phrases such as "the war against the coronavirus," "the front lines of the Ebola cri
Illness as Metaphor
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A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease
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The daily challenges of living—and coping—with a chronic and progressive invisible illness. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide.