02879nam 2200673 a 450 991077813200332120230721022358.01-299-13245-60-8093-8626-71-4416-1945-3(CKB)1000000000787827(EBL)1354472(OCoLC)856870252(SSID)ssj0001061092(PQKBManifestationID)12441906(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061092(PQKBWorkID)11098451(PQKB)10207996(SSID)ssj0000169426(PQKBManifestationID)11154208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169426(PQKBWorkID)10203659(PQKB)11357026(MiAaPQ)EBC1354472(OCoLC)842965600(MdBmJHUP)muse26031(Au-PeEL)EBL1354472(CaPaEBR)ebr10657729(CaONFJC)MIL444495(EXLCZ)99100000000078782720050421h20082005 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrHealth and the rhetoric of medicine[electronic resource] /Judy Z. SegalPbk. ed.Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press2008, c20051 online resource (232 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2677-9 0-8093-2866-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.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.Assessing rhetorical principles of contemporary health issues Hypochondriacs are vulnerable to media hype, anorexics are susceptible to public scrutiny, and migraine sufferers are tainted with the history of the "migraine personality," maintains rhetorical theorist Judy Z. Segal. All are influenced by the power of persuasion. Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine explores persistent health conditions that resist conventional medical solutions. Using a range of rhetorical principles, Segal analyzes how patients and their illnessesMedicineLanguageRhetoricMedicineLanguage.Rhetoric.610/.1/4Segal Judy Z1570252MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778132003321Health and the rhetoric of medicine3843746UNINA