“In our 'don't just sit there, do something' culture, when we get sick we are supposed to become characters in a heroic medical narrative that conceals the remorselessness of pathology, the intractable fact of human vulnerability, and the inevitable inadequacies of medicine. To many of the participants in the medical drama, aggressive treatment - even when it fails - represents a quasi-religious quest for immortality and meaning.” HumansCharacterFactsCultureReligiousFailingDramaSickMedicineIllnessMedicalInevitableNarrativeImmortalityVulnerabilityTreatmentAggressiveHeroicQuestsParticipantsInadequacyPathology Author:Suzanne Gordon
“The association between failure, loneliness, and solitude is so strong in our culture that people often find it difficult to believe that there are some who like being by themselves.” PeopleBelieveCultureStrongDifficultLonelinessSolitudeAssociationLoneliness And Solitude Book:Lonely in America Source: Lonely in America
