Thinking with Metaphors in Medicine

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Alan Bleakley

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Routledge
07 May 2019

Doctor patient relationship; Medical sociology

Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities

While medical language is soaked in metaphor, and thinking with metaphor is central to diagnostic work, medicine – that is, medical culture, clinical practice and medical education – outwardly rejects metaphor for objective, literal scientific language. This thought-provoking book argues that this is a misstep, and critically considers what embracing the use of metaphors and similes might mean for shaping medical culture, and especially the doctor–patient relationship, in a healthy way.

Thinking With Metaphors in Medicine explores:

how metaphors inhabit medicine – sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse – and how these metaphors can be revealed, appreciated and understood;

how diagnostic work utilizes thinking with metaphors;

how patient–doctor communication can be better understood and enhanced as a metaphorical exchange;

how the landscape of medicine is historically shaped by leading or didactic metaphors, such as ‘the body as machine’ and ‘medicine as war’, which may conflict with other values or perspectives on healthcare, for instance, person-centred care.

Outlining the kinds of metaphors and resemblances that inhabit medicine and how they shape practices and identities of doctors, colleagues and patients, this book demonstrates how the landscape of medicine may be reshaped through metaphor shift. It is an important work for all those interested in the use of language and rhetoric in medicine, whether hailing from a humanities, social science or healthcare background.

By: Alan Bleakley
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780367224394
ISBN 10: 0367224399
Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 07 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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