Published: 2020-08-24
Editors' Introduction
Commentaries
The Ethics of Rhetoric is the Rhetoric of Ethics
Refusing the Call to Codification
249–257
AbstractRecent calls for a statement of ethics for RHM research claim that a statement is needed in order to have a “place at the table” for...
Research Articles
Shaping Contexts and Developing Invitational Ethos in Response to Medical Authority
An Interview Study of Women Down Syndrome Advocates
258–292
AbstractIn this article, we argue that Down syndrome (DS) advocates seeking to intervene in medical exigences are poorly positioned by their audiences...
The Ostomy Multiple
Toward a Theory of Rhetorical Enactments
293–319
AbstractRecent research in rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) has called on scholars to find ways to more adequately attend to patients’ lived and...
“Sticky Baby Dust” and Emoji
Social Support on Instagram during In Vitro Fertilization
320–349
AbstractSearching the Internet for health information is now routine; recommending and receiving medical expertise on social media platforms such as...
Review Essays
What a Difference a Body Makes
Addiction Studies and the Authority of Experience
350–370
AbstractGrisel, Judith. (2019). Never enough: The neuroscience and experience of addiction. New York, NY: Doubleday. pp. 256. Hardcover $26.95.
...Book Reviews
Review of Kelly Pender's "Being at Genetic Risk: Toward a Rhetoric of Care"
AbstractBeing at Genetic Risk: Toward a Rhetoric of Care. Kelly Pender. University Park, PA, The Pennsylvania State Press, 2018. 174 pages,...