Narrating trauma through metaphors and technical terms in italian patients’ narratives
Moreno, Jennifer (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Resumen: The urgent need to humanise the practice of medicine has led to the emergence of narrative medicine, where writing is a useful tool in patient-centred care. In the medical field, writing not only allows patients to reflect on their illness, but is also a way for doctors to create a closer relationship between themselves and their patients. Patients’ narratives have gained popularity in recent years due to globalisation and social media. Consequently, the number of patients willing to share their illness experience on the net is continuously increasing. In these narratives, the use of metaphors plays a particularly important role, since these are used to narrate subjective experiences. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse both metaphors and technical terms used by Italian patients with haematological diseases when writing about their illness experience.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.14672/20222060
Año: 2022
Publicado en: Comparatismi (Milano) 7 (2022), 397-408
ISSN: 2531-7547
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Filología Inglesa (Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.)
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Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.14672/20222060
Año: 2022
Publicado en: Comparatismi (Milano) 7 (2022), 397-408
ISSN: 2531-7547
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Filología Inglesa (Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.)
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Exportado de SIDERAL (2025-10-17-14:25:30)
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