Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is th…

Susan Sontag
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Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses. ✨ Susan Sontag (1979). Illness as metaphor, Vintage
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Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses. ✨ Susan Sontag (1979). Illness as metaphor, Vintage

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