Illness as a metaphor

The disease as an analogy 1978 by Susan Sontag, she presents through it the fields of similarity between general viewpoints about cancer, and tuberculosis, Sontag showed that both diseases are related to psychological causes. Specifically, Sontag said that the most comprehensive and best way to think about diseases is not to resort to analogy. She believed that linking disease with analogies discourages patients, silences them, and shames them. Some other writers disagreed with her, saying that analogies and other symbolic language help some affected people to find meaning from their experiences.