rhetoric of health and medicine

Question 1

Communication Studies vs. Rhetoric

Answer 1

communication studies encompassing the broader study of human communication in various contexts, while rhetoric focuses on the art of persuasive communication and the use of language to influence audiences.

Question 2

What is RHM?

Answer 2

-study of how language, communication, and persuasion shape our understanding of health, illness, and medical practices. It explores how doctors, patients, researchers, and media use words to explain, influence, or debate health-related issues.
-“seeks to uncover how symbolic patterns structure thought
and action in health and medical texts, discourses, settings, and
materials.”

Question 3

Discourse

Answer 3

a formal and often lengthy discussion or conversation, whether spoken or written, on a particular topic, often with the aim of conveying information or exploring ideas.

The collectionnof statements a culture
makes about a given subject withi

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

Persuasion based on the speaker’s authority or credibility

Question 5

Pathos

Answer 5

Persuasion based on emotion

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

Persuasion based on logic or reason

Question 7

Rhetorical situation

Answer 7

a complex of persons, events, objects, and relations presenting an actual or potential exigence

Question 8

self- doctoring

Answer 8

when someone provides themselves with care that would normally be provided by a professional caregiver, such as a doctor

Question 9

self care

Answer 9

Individuals assume responsibility
for health (ex: exercise and nutrition programs)