Battle, Journey, Imprisonment and Burden: patterns of metaphor use in blogs about living with advanced cancer

C Hommerberg, AW Gustafsson, A Sandgren - BMC Palliative Care, 2020 - Springer
Background The significance of metaphors for the experience of cancer has been the topic
of extensive previous research, with “Battle” and “Journey” metaphors standing out as key …

Dignity in bodily care at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study

B Holmberg, T Godskesen - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Nursing homes (NHs) are populated by the frailest older people who
have multiple physical or mental conditions and palliative care needs that may convey the …

[HTML][HTML] “For crying out loud, don't call me a warrior”: Standpoints of resistance against violence metaphors for cancer

DYM Wackers, HJ Plug, GJ Steen - Journal of pragmatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Expressions of resistance to violence metaphors for cancer provide important insights as to
how these metaphors are perceived and which specific aspects of their use are deemed …

[图书][B] Metaphor in illness writing: fight and battle reused

A Wohlman - 2022 - library.oapen.org
Listen to the interview with Anita Wohlmann about Metaphor in Illness Writing in New Books
Network here. Metaphor in Illness Writing argues that even when a metaphor appears …

Metaphors in blogs posted by Chinese lung cancer survivors

X Zhang, Y Wu - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Metaphors play a crucial part in human cognition and significantly enhance doctor-patient
communication. However, metaphor uses of Chinese lung cancer survivors are still …

“More than conquerors”: a qualitative analysis of war metaphors for patients with cancer

MH Bodd, NC Daniels, HL Amonoo, T Tate… - Supportive Care in …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Meaning-making is fundamental to the cancer experience and communication
within cancer care is saturated with metaphors. The objective of this study was to better …

Your father's a fighter; your daughter's a vegetable: a critical analysis of the use of metaphor in clinical practice

T Tate - Hastings Center Report, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There are two widespread beliefs about the use of metaphors in clinical medicine. The first is
that military metaphors are harmful to patients and should be discouraged in medical …

Blogging through dementia: Reworking mainstream discourse through metaphor in online early-onset dementia narratives

E Castaño - Dementia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The depiction of dementia in public discourse tends to operate on two levels:
the tragedy discourse or the living well with dementia discourse, where metaphors play a …

Cancer experience in metaphors: patients, carers, professionals, students–a scoping review

Y Liu, E Semino, J Rietjens, S Payne - BMJ Supportive & Palliative …, 2024 - spcare.bmj.com
The use of metaphors to talk about cancer experiences has attracted much research and
debate, especially in the case of military metaphors. However, questions remain about what …

Countering undesirable implications of violence metaphors for cancer through metaphor extension

DYM Wackers, HJ Plug - Metaphor and Symbol, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Violence metaphors for cancer can have undesirable implications. The metaphorical
expression “She lost her battle with cancer,” for instance, is deemed inappropriate by some …