Technical Communication Quarterly Jun 2000

‘Aristotle's pharmacy’: The medical rhetoric of a clinical protocol in the drug development process

Heather D. Bell ; Kathleen A. Walch North Carolina State University ; Steven B. Katz North Carolina State University

Abstract

This article analyzes the clinical protocol within the rhetorical framework of the drug development and approval process, identifying the constraints under which the protocol is written and the rhetorical form, argumentative strategies, and style needed to improve and teach the writing of this document.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2000-06-01
DOI
10.1080/10572250009364699
Open Access
Closed
Topics
rhetorical theory

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