Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 2018

Building on Bibliography: Toward Useful Categorization of Research in Rhetorics of Health and Medicine

Amy R. Reed Rowan University

Abstract

This article reports on an analysis of research questions in the emerging field of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM). The data set included 54 articles, published in 4 journals between the years 2000 and 2014. The articles were found to address five areas, including questions about (a) the identity of RHM, (b) disciplinarity, (c) ecological interaction, (d) maneuverability, and (e) process. Overall, this article argues that RHM tends to take a critical stance toward medicine, treating it as a monolithic profession and set of discourses. Given the conclusions of many of the articles in the data set, this stance may be unwarranted. The article concludes by suggesting future directions for scholarship in RHM.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2018-04-01
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10.1177/0047281616667904
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