Croatian women share experiences battling cancer and societal stigma

Croatian women discuss their fight against cancer, highlighting how much has changed since Susan Sontag's 1978 essay "Illness as Metaphor" protested against lying to cancer patients due to the word being a death sentence and obscene. They often face blame from others.

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Hrvatice o borbi s rakom: ‘Uvijek se nađu dušobrižnici s rečenicom ‘Sama si kriva‘

Mnogo se toga promijenilo otkako je Susan Sontag u slavnom eseju "Bolest kao metafora" 1978. prosvjedovala protiv toga da se laže oboljelima od raka jer je ta riječ bila i smrtna presuda i opscena, toliko da se nije izgovarala. Znala je iz vlastitog iskustva: dijagnosticiran joj je rak dojke 1975.,...

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Croatian women share experiences battling cancer and societal stigma

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Hrvatice o borbi s rakom: ‘Uvijek se nađu dušobrižnici s rečenicom ‘Sama si kriva‘

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