Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Dec 2018 Open Access

A Dialogue on Possibilities for Embodied Methodologies in the Rhetoric of Health & Medicine

Cathryn Molloy ; Cristy Beemer ; Jeffrey Bennett Vanderbilt Health ; Ann Green Saint Joseph's University ; Jenell Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison ; Molly Kessler ; Maria Novotny University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh ; Bryna Siegel-Finer

Abstract

Drawing on our experiences with qualitative research involving health and medical topics to which we have a personal connection, this dialogue asks scholars in RHM to consider key methodological issues in embodied research by exploring: the choice to take up inquiries with which we have personal connections; the ethics of representation within these projects; and determining if, how, when, and to what degree we should reveal these connections in the research write-ups themselves. Our conversation is characterized by a “heuristic orientation”—defined as intuitive, creative, and generative. We conclude by offering a heuristic tool for researchers to use as they make crucial decisions in embodied research in RHM.

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Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
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2018-12-11
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10.5744/rhm.2018.1017
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