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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 i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Segal, Judy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, ©2005.
Edición:Pbk. ed.
Temas:
Medicine > Language.
Rhetoric.
Authorship.
Persuasion (Psychology)
Semantics.
Medicine > Slang.
Authorship
Persuasive Communication
Semantics
Médecine > Langage.
Rhétorique.
Art d'écrire.
Communication persuasive.
Sémantique.
authorship.
semantics.
rhetoric (discipline)
MEDICAL.
Medicine > Slang
Medicine > Language
Rhetoric
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 illnesses.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 217 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-209) and index.
ISBN:9781441619457
1441619453

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