Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors
By: Susan Sontag.
Contributors: Sontag, Susan, 1933-
Edition: 1st Picador USA ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Picador USA
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.; Metaphor.; Tuberculosis in literature.; Cancer in literature.; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Medicine in Literature; Neoplasms; Tuberculosis
Work titles: Illness as metaphor
Description: Two essays address how the myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer and AIDS, can add to a patient's suffering and even inhibit someone from seeking treatment.