Alan Bleakley

Thinking with Metaphors in Medicine

The State of the Art

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780367224394
• ISBN-10: 0367224399
• Artikelnr.: 56923501

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