Health and the rhetoric of medicine / Judy Z. Segal.
| Author/creator | Segal, Judy |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, |
| Description | x, 217 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005011674 |
| ISBN | 0809326779 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |