What is a Metaphor?• a rhetorical trope where a
comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object.
• Examples of metaphors:Mortgage Meltdown, Troop Surge, and Graveyard Shift
• Source:http://www.all-science-fair projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Metaphor
Rule of Thumb• Definition: estimation
made according to a rough and ready practical rule, not based on science or exact measurement.
• Derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb.
• Source:http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rule-of-thumb.html
A Skeleton in the Closet• Definition: A secret source
of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal.
• The phrase 'a skeleton in the closet' was coined in England in the 19th century.
• The English now usually use 'a skeleton in the cupboard', with 'skeleton in the closet' more common in the USA.
• Source:• http://www.phrases.org.uk/
meanings/skeleton-in-the-closet.html
Double Cross• Definition: An act of
treachery, perpetrated on a previous partner in a deceit.
• The term 'double-cross' has been used in various contexts for many centuries, usually as a straightforward reference to the shape of two crosses, as in the architectural design of cathedrals for example.
• Source:http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/double-cross.html
Health Administration and Policy
• A statement of a decision regarding a goal in health care and a plan for achieving that goal. For example, to prevent an epidemic, a program for inoculating a population is developed and implemented.
• Source:http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/health+policy
Health Care Gatekeeper• Definition: Gatekeepers
don't determine what routes patients travel or how quickly they move, just whether they can enter the system and how much they pay when they exit. A gatekeeper's role is exclusively commercial
• Example: “Health care gatekeepers are hard to find these days.”
• Source:http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/1999/05/24/smallb4.html?page=2
Sank into a Coma• Definition: slowly
started to go into an unconscious state of mind and go into a coma.
• The metaphor is constructed rounded the idea that health is up and illness is down.
• Source:http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1419170&pageindex=1
Medicine is war• Definition: encourages
the virtues required to survive the long hours and intense hierarchies of hospital life
• discriminates against feeling and reflection and makes it harder to strike the right balance between work and personal life
• Source:http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1419170&pageindex=1