A Metaphor Menu for People Living with Cancer

A Metaphor Menu for People Living with Cancer

(Originally published on 20th November 2019 on the blog of the European Association for Palliative Care: https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/a-metaphor-menu-for-people-living-with-cancer/)   Researchers at Lancaster University have produced a ‘Metaphor…

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When talking about cancer, metaphors matter

When talking about cancer, metaphors matter

(Originally posted on Rose Hendricks’ blog on 12 February 2019) by Rose Hendricks Cancer is hard to talk about. It’s serious, often frightening, and complicated….

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Whether you 'battle' cancer or experience a 'journey' is an individual choice

Whether you ‘battle’ cancer or experience a ‘journey’ is an individual choice

(Originally published in The Conversation on 25 March 2015) by Elena Semino The way we talk about illness matters. This is perhaps no more evident…

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A 'metaphor menu' for cancer patients

A ‘metaphor menu’ for cancer patients

(Originally on ehospice on 17 December 2014) by Elena Semino On 15 November 2014, Melanie Reid wrote passionately in The Times about the use of…

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Why language matters when discussing terminal illness and death

Why language matters when discussing terminal illness and death

(Originally on the Society for Editors and Proofreaders blog on 16 January 2015) by Zsófia Demjén How do people talk about the end-of-life and death?…

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‘Fight’ metaphors for cancer revisited: Are they always bad?

‘Fight’ metaphors for cancer revisited: Are they always bad?

(Originally on the Corpus Approaches to Social Science blog on 05 March 2014) by the ‘Metaphor in End-of-Life Care’ project team Recent media controversy over…

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‘Good’ and ‘bad’ deaths in interviews with hospice managers

‘Good’ and ‘bad’ deaths in interviews with hospice managers

(Originally on the European Association for Palliative Care blog on 26 May 2013) by Elena Semino, Veronika Koller and Zsófia Demjén What is a ‘good’…

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Metaphor in End-of-Life Care

Metaphor in End-of-Life Care

(Originally on the European Association for Palliative Care blog on 29 November 2012) by Zsófia Demjén On 1 September, academics from three faculties at Lancaster…

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