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The operating room as a theater—a relevant metaphor
Author(s) -
Bueno Dorothy J. DEL
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(07)65245-4
Subject(s) - metaphor , absurdity , drama , comedy , tragedy (event) , analogy , musical , operating theater , art , literature , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , medicine , surgery
Any metaphor can be stretched to absurdity. Nonetheless, the operating room as a theater can be a relevant and useful analogy. In the OR theater, the play is always a drama, sometimes a tragedy, occasionally even a comedy of errors, but never, never is it a Broadway musical.