本文借助Susan Sontag疾病隱喻的相關理論，以電影《我不是藥神》為例,試圖探究當今社會如何看待癌症，以及對待癌症的複雜心態。本研究通過分析電影中四個典型的癌症病人形象，認為癌症被大眾視作一種羞恥的符號，相關認知存在矛盾之處。癌症病人壓抑自身的感情，被家人或者社會遺棄。與此同時，電影也反映了癌症病人權力被剝奪的過程。他們喪失了對身體的掌控權，並且在經濟方面也成為了病人。本研究藉助電影分析指出以藥商、政府為代表的常人社會如何完成在身體、經濟兩方面對疾病公民的壓榨。

This article uses Susan Sontag's theory of Illness as metaphor to take the movie Dying to Survive as an example to try to explore the complex mentality of thinking cancer in modern society. Through analyzing the images of four typical cancer patients in the film, this study believes that cancer is regarded as a symbol of shame and that there are contradictions in related cognition. At the same time, the film reflects the process of depriving cancer patients of their power. This study points out how ordinary society, represented by pharmaceutical company and governments, squeeze on diseased citizens from both the physical and the economic perspectives.