Abstract
While, for a physician, speaking of the intestine means speaking of a specific organ with well known features and closely linked to the fate of another person, for the patient it is an inalienable portion of his/her own body with more uncertain boundaries; with its evil introjections, it can even undermine his/her residual physical capacity and his/her own safety. With a dual meaning, the intestine (or any other sick organ) may represent the oppressor but also the oppressed, it may be the area of a conflict which the patient would like to see limited and reduced, but could also involve his/her very Self for which a parallel and equally dramatic fate is feared.
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Rizzola, N. (1998). Enema, conflicts and perspectives: the psychological point of view. In: Double contrast barium enema. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2217-1_22
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