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The rhetoric of breast cancer : patient-to-patient discourse in an online community /

This book analyzes how women converse about breast cancer on the Internet. The author provides a discussion of the complex structures of online communities, particularly those focused on medical diagnoses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Carie S. Tucker (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
Colección:Lexington studies in health communication
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Online Communities and Patient Discourse
  • 2 The Rhetoric of Breast Cancer
  • 3 Patients, Medical Care, and Rhetoric
  • 4 Concerns Related to Privacy, Online Disclosure, and Ethics
  • 5 Big Data and the Rhetorics of Health and Medicine
  • References
  • Index