Assessing rhetorical principles of contemporary health issues Hypochondriacs are vulnerable to media hype, anorexics are susceptible to public scrutiny, and mi graine sufferers are tainted with the history of the "migraine personality," maintains rhetorical theorist Judy Z. Segal. All are influenced by the power of per suasion. Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine explores per sistent health conditions that resist conventional medical solutions. Using a range of rhetorical prin ciples, Segal analyzes how patients ...
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Assessing rhetorical principles of contemporary health issues Hypochondriacs are vulnerable to media hype, anorexics are susceptible to public scrutiny, and mi graine sufferers are tainted with the history of the "migraine personality," maintains rhetorical theorist Judy Z. Segal. All are influenced by the power of per suasion. Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine explores per sistent health conditions that resist conventional medical solutions. Using a range of rhetorical prin ciples, 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 rhe torical failure--a failure of persuasion. Examining the discourse of medicine through case studies, applications, and analyses, Segal illus trates 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. Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine bridges criti cal analysis for scholarly, professional, and lay audi ences. Segal highlights the persuasive element in di agnosis, 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 well" 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 influ enced by the rhetoric of health and medicine.
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