Health and the rhetoric of medicine

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Segal, Judy Z.
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, c2005.
Editie:Pbk. ed.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • A kairology of biomedicine
  • Patient audience: the rhetorical construction of the migraineur
  • The epideictic rhetoric of pathography
  • Hypochondria as a rhetorical disorder
  • A rhetoric of death and dying
  • Values, metaphors, and health policy
  • The problem of patient "noncompliance" : paternalism, expertise, and the ethos of the physician
  • Conclusion: The usefulness of a rhetoric of medicine.