"The man arrived suffering from abdominal pain. Examination confirmed the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis--an inflamed gall bladder filled with stones. The attending surgeon scheduled the necessary simple operation for that afternoon. However, as soon as he heard the word surgery, the patient became visibly distraught and announced his decision to leave the hospital immediately. The surgeon, puzzled by this turn of events, demanded that the patient sign a form accepting responsibility for refusing the recommended treatment. The young medical student delegated to complete the necessary documentation, was able to engage the patient in a quiet discussion that uncovered the origins of his distress. Forty years earlier, the then ten-year-old patient and his mother were reassured that their father and husband required a 'simple' operation-one that led to an unforeseen complication and intraoperative death. Vignette from the television series ER"--
Author(s): Abraham Fuks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: New York
Cover
Half-Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
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 Metaphors of Medicine
6. Consequences of the Verbal Wars
7. Resilience of Military Metaphors
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. Healing Metaphors
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
