Elizabeth Edwards and the Problem with Metaphors for Cancer
Paul Stoller
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Posted 11.17.2011
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Healthy Living
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Serious illnesses like cancer are seen as adversaries that we must defeat. We battle cancer. We fight our illnesses. We should never give up. But Elizabeth Edwards's example demonstrates that this path is counter-productive.
