Vol. 1 No. 2 (1995)
Reflections

The Social Construction of Disease: Two Metaphors of the Tuberculous Patient

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  • Caralee E. Caplan, B.A.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v1i2.720

Published 2020-12-01

Keywords

  • tuberculosis,
  • sociology,
  • history,
  • metaphor

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Caplan C. The Social Construction of Disease: Two Metaphors of the Tuberculous Patient. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 6];1(2). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/720
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