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The document summarizes the book "Illness as Metaphor" by Susan Sontag, which analyzes how elliptical language and metaphors have been used to talk about diseases like cancer and tuberculosis out of fear of death. The author examines how these diseases have been represented throughout history and how metaphors have affected social perceptions of the sick. Finally, she criticizes the tendency to blame patients and to view illness.
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