Alan Bleakley

Thinking with Metaphors in Medicine

The State of the Art

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While medical language is soaked in metaphor, medicine - that is, medical culture, clinical practice, and medical education - outwardly rejects metaphor for objective, literal scientific language. Arguing that this is a misstep, this book critically considers what embracing the use of metaphors, similes and aphorisms might mean for shaping medical culture, and especially the doctor-patient relationship, in a healthy way. It demonstrates how the landscape of medicine may be reshaped through metaphor shift and is an important work for all those interested in the use of language in medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781138229440
• ISBN-10: 113822944X
• Artikelnr.: 48649691

Autorenporträt

Alan Bleakley is Emeritus Professor at the University of Plymouth¿s Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Recovery of Metaphor in Medicine
2. Metaphors Make a Comeback
3. What Do We Know about Metaphors in Medicine and What Are The
Consequences of Resisting Metaphor?
4. Medicine as War and Other Didactic Metaphors
5. Medical Metaphors as Resemblances: 'Food for Thought'
6. Metaphors in Psychiatry
7. Aphorisms: Pocket-sized Medicine
8. Conclusions and Future Directions