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Speaking “Truth” to Illness 1 : Metaphors, Reification, and a Pedagogy for Patients

1986; Wiley; Volume: 17; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1937-6219.1986.tb01061.x

1548-1387

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes, Margaret Lock,

Empathy and Medical Education

Medical Anthropology QuarterlyVolume 17, Issue 5 p. 137-140 Free Access Speaking "Truth" to Illness†: Metaphors, Reification, and a Pedagogy for Patients Nancy Scheper-Hughes PhD, Corresponding Author Nancy Scheper-Hughes PhD Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6.Search for more papers by this authorMargaret M. Lock PhD, Corresponding Author Margaret M. Lock PhD Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McGill University Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6.Search for more papers by this author Nancy Scheper-Hughes PhD, Corresponding Author Nancy Scheper-Hughes PhD Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6.Search for more papers by this authorMargaret M. Lock PhD, Corresponding Author Margaret M. Lock PhD Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McGill University Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1986 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-6219.1986.tb01061.xCitations: 109 † We are using the word "truth" with a certain irony here in response to Susan Sontag's rather conventional view of truth as something to be revealed or discovered through rational science. We are conforming to Foucault's understanding of truth as something that is produced through various systematic discourses. In this sense, there is no single, unitary truth, but rather a multiplicity of truths. 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