Metaphorical Thinking and Disease Narrationunder the Narrative Context of Life and Health
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2022.09.19
- VernacularTitle:生命健康叙事语境下的隐喻思维与疾病叙事
- Author:
Xue CHEN
1
;
Jiangang JING
2
;
Hui LIU
1
;
Handan HONG
1
Author Information
1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou 510000, China
2. Research Center of Narrative Medicine, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Fosha 528300, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Life and Health;
Narrative Medicine;
Metaphor;
Disease Narration;
Narrative Literacy
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2022;35(9):1042-1045
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
By discussing metaphorical thinking and disease narrative under the narrative context of life and health, and clarifying both their correlation and their importance in the humanistic care, this paper aimed to advocate subjects of life to externalize their inner pain and anguish, help them with potential inspiration, self-empowerment as well as the repair of narration breakage in disease narration, and lead them into a healthy and harmonious narrative process of life. Metaphor and disease narrative are the essence of healing trauma and can construct the community relationship among narrative subjects.
