The words are the illness
Keywords:
interpretation, language use, medical consultation
Abstract
Recently, I had reason to suggest to a confused registrar that the words that a patient speaks may sometimes be the illness itself. I am not sure whether she entirely believed me. It’s a concept that was first proposed by, among others, the Cambridge philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Published
2012-06-14
Section
Peripheralia
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