The Vulnerable Empowered Woman: Feminism, Postfeminism, and Women's Health (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine)
Assessing rhetorical principles of contemporary health issues
Hypochondriacs are vulnerable to media hype, anorexics are susceptible to public scrutiny, and miÂgraine sufferers are tainted with the history of the “migraine personality,†maintains rhetorical theorist Judy Z. Segal. All are influenced by the power of perÂsuasion.
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Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine explores perÂsistent health conditions that resist conventional medical solutions. Using a range of rhetorical prinÂciples, Segal analyzes how patients and their illnesses are formed within the physician/patient relationship. The intractable problem of a patient’s rejection of a doctor’s advice, says Segal, can be considered a rheÂtorical failure—a failure of persuasion.
Examining the discourse of medicine through case studies, applications, and analyses, Segal illusÂtrates how illnesses are described in ways that limit
patients’ choices and satisfaction. She also illuminates psychiatric conditions, infectious diseases, genetic testing, and cosmetic surgeries through the lens of rhetorical theory.
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Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine bridges critiÂcal analysis for scholarly, professional, and lay audiÂences. Segal highlights the persuasive element in diÂagnosis, health policy, illness experience, and illness narratives. She also addresses questions of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, the role of health information in creating the “worried wellâ€Â and problems of trust and expertise in physician/patient relationships. A useful resource for critical common sense in everyday life, the text provides an effective examination of a society increasingly influÂenced by the rhetoric of health and medicine.
Country | USA |
Brand | Southern Illinois University Press |
Manufacturer | Southern Illinois University Press |
Binding | Paperback |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780809328666 |
ReleaseDate | 0000-00-00 |