"Pojken lyfter sitt svärd. Ger sig in i en strid han inte kan vinna". Om metaforer och kronisk
cancersjukdom
Engelsk titel: "The boy raises his sword. Embarking in a battle he can not win." On metaphors and chronic
cancer
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Författare:
Gustafsson, Anna W
;
Hommerberg, Charlotte
Email: anna_w.gustafsson@nordlund.lu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 13
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16083089
Sammanfattning
Health care professionals in palliative cancer care often meet emotionally
sensitive patients and relatives. An important aspect of these encounters is
the use of language; to listen to, understand and adapt to the patients’ and
relatives’ own discourse. The MEPAC project raises awareness of language
use by focusing on metaphors. Our approach is grounded in empirical metaphor
research, which takes note of metaphorically used words and phrases
in authentic texts. This article offers a qualitative analysis of war and battle
metaphors in texts written by six bloggers with cancer diagnosis. This type
of metaphors has been the object of previous scholarly debate. The analysis
shows that all of the blogs include war and battle metaphors. The use of these
metaphors is complex; the metaphors can have both positive and negative
effects. The results are significant for professionals working in Swedish palliative
care: perceptiveness of metaphor use enhances the prerequisites for
individualized care.