Susan Sontag - Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene -- in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.

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Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene -- in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.

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cancer patients lied disease thought death sentence felt obscene -- original meaning word ill-omened abominable repugnant senses

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