Abraham Fuks (Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, McGill

Language of Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Words and language have a powerful impact on interactions between physicians and patients. Words may heal or harm and language shapes how we see the world. For example, metaphors of wars and the military are ubiquitous and the militarized discourse has unforeseen effects on doctors and patients. Doctors are cast as fighters and patients become passive battlefields. Words must be managed as carefully as drugs, tailored to provide benefits to the individual, and prescribed with care to avoid toxicity. The book emphasizes the importance of physicians who listen, clinical presence, and a relational model of medical care.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780190944834
• ISBN-10: 0190944838
• Artikelnr.: 63208590

Autorenporträt

Abraham Fuks, MD Professor of Medicine McGill University, Montreal

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I Language in Context
1. The Lens of Language
2. From Words to "Making Up People"
3. The Nature of Metaphor
II The Military Metaphors of Medicine
4. The Militarized Arena of Medicine
5. Sources of the Military Metaphor
6. Consequences of the Verbal Wars
7. Resilience of the Military Metaphor
III Frames and Choices
8. In Other Words
9. Listening
10. A Pharmacology of Words
IV Healing the Language and the Language of Healing
11. The Physician-Patient Relationship
12. Choosing Metaphors
Afterword