Thursday, April 13, 2017

[Perspectives] The headache in history and culture

In 1964, author and critic Susan Sontag published a little-known short story entitled Man With a Pain. It is an eloquent reflection not only on the difficulties patients face when attempting to communicate “invisible” forms of pain to others, but also on the struggle that witnesses to their suffering experience in expressing sympathy.

from The Lancet http://ift.tt/2nKDPTa
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