Use of Metaphor in the Discourse on Cancer

Reisfield, Gary M.; Wilson, George R.

doi:10.1200/jco.2004.03.136

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“…For example, cancer is re-currently described as allowing for new understanding in terms of clearing vision (It allowed me to see life in a different way, It was like putting on a new pair of glasses), which can be understood as an instantiation of the conventional metaphor "understanding is seeing". Subsequent work has highlighted other conventional metaphors in patients' descriptions of cancer experiences, such as the "martial" and "journey" metaphors described by Reisfeld and Wilson (2004).…”

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Metaphors in the description of seizure experiences: Common expressions and differential diagnosis

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Metaphors in the description of seizure experiences: Common expressions and differential diagnosis

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“…This is despite the fact that much of the scientific research highlighted in the printed press over the five year time frame of this study was still in development and often untested in humans. Terms such as 'attack' , 'destroying' , 'struggle' , and 'battle' , which were readily written by journalists in reference to RA, seemed to draw on metaphors of warfare [57][58][59]. Lakoff and Johnson [60] have suggested that conceptual systems are designed to function in a metaphorical sense.…”

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“…That is, metaphors allow us to communicate concepts that are abstract or complex in simplified terms [60]. Metaphoric language has a long and durable history in medicine [57][58][59]61]. Metaphors of transgression and punishment have been commonly used in tuberculosis (TB) research and clinical practice [61], and military metaphors are a noticeable feature of discourses around the medical treatment of cancer [57][58][59].…”

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Portrayal by UK National Newspapers 2011–2016: A Service User - Led Thematic Analysis of Language Used

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“…They are a means of generating ideas, promoting creativity, and constructing concepts and theories. Thinking based on metaphors and comparisons is a way of transforming a concept into something that is so suggestive, interesting, and surprising, that it reaches people more easily [11][12][13][14][15].…”

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The Family Doctors: Images and Metaphors of the Family Doctor to Learn Family Medicine

Turabián¹

2016

J Gen Pract

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The conceptual elements and skills that promote the mastery of family medicine, such as contextual knowledge, continuity of care, the clinical interview, comprehensiveness, coordination, and so on, are often difficult to explain and to understand. Medicine is often learned through a mechanistic metaphor of biology and a military metaphor of war. However, these fundamental concepts of family medicine have nothing to do with the metaphor of the machine or the metaphor of war. In this book, "The Family Doctors: Images and Metaphors of the Family Doctor to Learn Family Medicine", these concepts are explained through metaphors that are more explanatory, nicer, sweeter, and more playful. Thus, among other metaphors, the family doctor is presented as the genie in Aladdin's lamp, as a drinker of Chinese tea, a classic painter, an explorer on a desert island, as a bass, a plug, a photographer, an historian, a person eating spaghetti or cherries, a cat, a civil engineer, a catalyst, a meteorologist, a detective, a fisherman rather than a hunter, a sculptor, a sea turtle, a golfer, a filter coffee, a diver, a poet, a billiards player, a mother who picks up her baby, and a nuts and bolts mechanism. Thinking based on metaphors and comparisons is a way of making a concept so suggestive, interesting and surprising, that it reaches people more easily. The value of family medicine lies in its distinctiveness from academic medicine. Thus, the family doctor should be encouraged to use a non-conventional form when thinking about the problems that are presented in the consultation, for example, thinking on the basis of metaphors. CommentaryThe family doctor is the general practitioner who assumes professional responsibility for attention to the whole patient, not selecting according to undifferentiated problems, and who has committed himself to the person independent of age, sex, disease, organs or corporal systems. The clinical specialty of family medicine focuses on the patient. It is based on evidence, centered on the family, and orientated to the problem. Family physicians acquire and maintain a wide range of skills that depend on the needs of the patients and the communities they serve. The scope of their practice is not defined by diagnoses or procedures, but by human needs. Family physicians do not treat diseases; they take care of people. The nodal points in the life cycle of the family, such as birth, severe illness, and end of life, deserve special attention. Family physicians are experts in the management of common problems, recognizing the important diseases, discovering hidden conditions, and managing acute and chronic diseases [1-3].Family physicians emphasize health promotion and disease prevention. Their knowledge, skills, and attitudes are directed to the practice community, and are based on current scientific knowledge and focused on the continuous improvement in quality. Family practice requires special skills to be able to identify concerns, negotiate plans and help to solve problems. The recognition, int...

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Use of Metaphor in the Discourse on Cancer

Cited by 214 publications

References 11 publications

Metaphors in the description of seizure experiences: Common expressions and differential diagnosis

Metaphors in the description of seizure experiences: Common expressions and differential diagnosis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Portrayal by UK National Newspapers 2011–2016: A Service User - Led Thematic Analysis of Language Used

The Family Doctors: Images and Metaphors of the Family Doctor to Learn Family Medicine

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