2016
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1214305
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Healing Without Waging War: Beyond Military Metaphors in Medicine and HIV Cure Research

Abstract: Military metaphors are pervasive in biomedicine, including HIV research. Rooted in the mindset that regards pathogens as enemies to be defeated, terms such as “shock and kill” have become widely accepted idioms within HIV cure research. Such language and symbolism must be critically examined as they may be especially problematic when used to express scientific ideas within emerging health-related fields. In this paper, philosophical analysis and an interdisciplinary literature review utilizing key texts from s… Show more

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“…Mutual trust and the reliance on local communication networks between peers could exponentially increase the possibilities of applying flexible measures. Attention to the aspects of equity and the respect for rights and privacy should be maximized, and the war metaphors should be shifted towards health-and wellbeing-promoting concepts linked to healing, collaboration, and solidarity [18].…”
Section: Risk Perception During the Covid-19 Epidemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mutual trust and the reliance on local communication networks between peers could exponentially increase the possibilities of applying flexible measures. Attention to the aspects of equity and the respect for rights and privacy should be maximized, and the war metaphors should be shifted towards health-and wellbeing-promoting concepts linked to healing, collaboration, and solidarity [18].…”
Section: Risk Perception During the Covid-19 Epidemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…"Diabetes mortality in the USA: winning the battle but not the war? ", Lancet 2018 [31]), und die militärischen Konnotationen sind so allgegenwärtig, dass sie als solche kaum noch wahrgenommen werden [32]. Dem Compliance-Modell folgend, wird von dem Patienten erwartet, dass er seinen Teil zu dem Kampf gegen die Erkrankung beiträgt und der militärisch-hierarchischen Metapher entsprechend der Führung des Arztes folgt.…”
Section: K a S T E N 3 : V E R W E N D U N G M I L I Tä R I S C H E Runclassified
“…In der Linguistik werden Metaphern traditionell nach verschiedenen Spenderbereichen oder Feldern geordnet, beispielsweise sind in der westlichen Medizin Metaphern von Krieg und Kampf (‚den Krebs bekämpfen', ‚Feldzug gegen Demenz') weit verbreitet [25]. Dies hat nicht nur Implikationen auf die Wahrnehmung der Situation durch Patienten und Angehörige, sondern kann auch konkrete Behandlungsentscheidungen beeinflussen [26,27].…”
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