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The use of war and battle metaphors in medicine has been documented back to the 1600s. [4] Over the 20th century, politicians have "declared war" on cancer, diabetes, AIDS, and obesity. [4] Military metaphors are not an exclusively Western phenomenon. Battle terms are also used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Illness as Metaphor served as a way for Susan Sontag to express her opinions on the use of metaphors in order to refer to illnesses, with her main focuses being tuberculosis and cancer. The book contrasts the viewpoints and metaphors associated with each disease.
AIDS and Its Metaphors is a 1989 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag. In this companion book to her Illness as Metaphor (1978), Sontag extends her arguments about the metaphors attributed to cancer to the AIDS crisis. Sontag explores how attitudes to disease are formed in society, and attempts to deconstruct them.
Many people take issue with the words “fight” and “battle” in relation to cancer, saying that it subjects patients to unfair pressure to overcome the disease.
A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement. For people wondering about the long-term damage ...
The "war on cancer" is the effort to find a cure for cancer by increased research to improve the understanding of cancer biology and the development of more effective cancer treatments, such as targeted drug therapies. The aim of such efforts is to eradicate cancer as a major cause of death.
Kate Middleton announced today she is finished with her chemotherapy treatment and cancer free, sharing the news in a three minute long video (watch above) filmed in Norfolk last month. "Despite ...
War metaphors in cancer; Warburg hypothesis; World Cancer Day This page was last edited on 31 August 2024, at 07:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...