Military Language and Cancer
Channel: Your Damn Jets
Date: 30/01/2022

I'm not a fan of using military language to talk about cancer or cancer patients. I've probably done it myself due to the environment I'm in but I'm not a fan of it and I'm trying to reform.

Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_metaphors_in_cancer

"'War on cancer' metaphors may do harm, research shows", Guardian article by Ian Sample:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/10/war-cancer-metaphors-harm-research-shows

"Having cancer is not a fight or a battle", Guardian article by Kate Granger:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/25/having-cancer-not-fight-or-battle