"I asked if she thought scientists would ever really be able to write the pain out of a patient's mind."
— Specter, Michael (b. 1955)
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Date
May 19, 2014
Metaphor
"I asked if she thought scientists would ever really be able to write the pain out of a patient's mind."
Metaphor in Context
Not long after my fear test, I took the train to Philadelphia to speak with Edna Foa, who is the director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Foa is one of the nation's leading experts on the psychopathology of anxiety disorders, and she has written widely on P.T.S.D. We met in her office at the medical school, which looks onto the oddly serene urban landscape of Center City. I asked if she thought scientists would ever really be able to write the pain out of a patient's mind.
(p. 47)
(p. 47)
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Reading
Citation
Michael Specter, "Partial Recall," The New Yorker (May 19, 2014): 38-48.
Date of Entry
05/20/2014
