LEADER 02879nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910821039603321 005 20230721022358.0 010 $a1-299-13245-6 010 $a0-8093-8626-7 010 $a1-4416-1945-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787827 035 $a(EBL)1354472 035 $a(OCoLC)856870252 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12441906 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11098451 035 $a(PQKB)10207996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169426 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154208 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169426 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203659 035 $a(PQKB)11357026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354472 035 $a(OCoLC)842965600 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354472 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10657729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL444495 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787827 100 $a20050421h20082005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealth and the rhetoric of medicine$b[electronic resource] /$fJudy Z. Segal 205 $aPbk. ed. 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2008, c2005 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2677-9 311 $a0-8093-2866-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aAssessing 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 illnesses 606 $aMedicine$xLanguage 606 $aRhetoric 615 0$aMedicine$xLanguage. 615 0$aRhetoric. 676 $a610/.1/4 700 $aSegal$b Judy Z$01649868 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821039603321 996 $aHealth and the rhetoric of medicine$93998920 997 $aUNINA