| Edition |
Pbk. ed. |
| Description |
x, 217 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Language.
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Rhetoric.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0809326779 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780809328666 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0809328666 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780809386260 (electronic bk.) |
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