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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
Autor principal: Segal, Judy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, 2005.
Edición:Pbk. ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rhetoric.
Medicine > Language.
MEDICAL.
semantics.
authorship.
Semantique.
Communication persuasive.
Art d'ecrire.
Rhetorique.
Medecine > Langage.
Semantics
Persuasive Communication
Authorship
Medicine > Slang.
Semantics.
Persuasion (Psychology)
Authorship.
Electronic books.
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 (232 pages).
ISBN:9780809386260

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