Illness as argumentation: A prolegomenon to the rhetorical study of contestable complaints

Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-244

  Segal, Judy Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Contested illnesses; Persuasion; Physician patient interaction; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MIGRAINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIOLOGY;

FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SICK ROLE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33847404388     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307074695     Document Type: Review

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