The rhetoric of Kevorkian's battle

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 386-401

  Kenny, Robert Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution; Jack Kevorkian; Kenneth Burke; Lloyd Bitzer; Motivation; Rhetorical icon; Rhetorical intent; Rhetorical situation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CADAVER; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUNISHMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

CADAVER; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIANS; PRISONERS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0040978266     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335630009384306     Document Type: Article

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