Battle, Journey, Imprisonment and Burden: patterns of metaphor use in blogs about living with advanced cancer
Abstract 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. Adaptation to the patient’s use of metaphor is generally believed to be an important aspect of person-centered...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-020-00557-6 |