Metaphors in Medical Texts
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Geraldine W. van Rijn-van Tongeren
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Rodopi

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This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently
Metaphors in medical texts
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Geraldine W. van Rijn-van Tongeren
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-15 - Publisher: BRILL

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This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently
Thinking with Metaphors in Medicine
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Alan Bleakley
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-06 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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While medical language is soaked in metaphor, medicine – that is, medical culture, clinical practice, and medical education – outwardly rejects metaphor for
The Art of Medicine in Metaphor - a Collection of Poems and Narratives
Language: en
Pages: 158
Authors: Brandi Ballard
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-01 - Publisher:

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Poetry and stories about illness address more than just the symptoms of disease. Narratives and poems are the pathways for people to make sense of and discover
Thinking with Metaphors in Medicine
Language: en
Pages: 460
Authors: Alan Bleakley
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-06 - Publisher: Routledge

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While medical language is soaked in metaphor, and thinking with metaphor is central to diagnostic work, medicine – that is, medical culture, clinical practice