Fear of illness in Kafka's Metamorphosis

Abstract

This year marks 100 years since the death of Franz Kafka. Often in general medicine, and internal medicine in particular, doctors face situations in which they position themselves as the only guarantor of the patient in relation to society and how it conceives the disease. Many times, patients come to us without a diagnosis or with the fear of it; sometimes also rejected by their environment. This short text addresses this current topic, paying tribute to the brilliant writer and his best-known work, Metamorphosis.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Enfermedad; Fear; Illness; Kafka; Mental health; Metamorfosis; Metamorphosis; Miedo; Salud mental.