Health and the rhetoric of medicine / Judy Z. Segal.

Author/creator Segal, Judy
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,
Descriptionx, 217 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005011674
ISBN0809326779 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available