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Don't Call it a Battle: Why We Need to Change our Metaphors for Serious Illness

Author
Dr. Marianne Matzo, FAAN and Charlie Navarrette
Published
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Episode Link
https://every1dies.org/2023/dont-call-it-a-battle/

We often use words like fighting, battle, and war for illness like cancer, but is it fair?  Battles have winners and losers, and our labels destine hard "fighters" to feel like a failure when illness advances.  The harm is treatment is continued to the bitter end at any cost: emotionally, socially and financially.  Can we do better?

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