Language of Medicine Fuks Abraham Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine McGill University
Language of Medicine Fuks Abraham Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine McGill University Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients…
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Language of Medicine Fuks Abraham Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine McGill University
Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm. Physicians who fight disease turn the patient into a passive battlefield. The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are prevalent in clinical care, especially military metaphors and the words of war that bring with them unfortunate consequences for patients and physicians alike.
The search for disease as enemy shifts the doctor's gaze to the computer and imaging technologies that render the patient transparent, unseen and unheard. Patients are encouraged to remain stoic, blamed for "failing" chemotherapy and sadly remembered in heroic obituaries of lost battles. Modern treatments save lives but patients can be the victims of collateral damage and friendly fire.In The Language of Medicine, Abraham Fuks, physician, medical educator,