Published: 2020-08-24

RHM Generosity

J. Blake Scott, Lisa Melonçon, Cathryn Molloy

iii–xiv

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Editors' introduction to Volume 3, Number 3, Summer 2020

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The Ethics of Rhetoric is the Rhetoric of Ethics

Refusing the Call to Codification

John Lynch

249–257

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Recent 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...

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Shaping Contexts and Developing Invitational Ethos in Response to Medical Authority

An Interview Study of Women Down Syndrome Advocates

Amy R Reed, Stephanie Meredith

258–292

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In this article, we argue that Down syndrome (DS) advocates seeking to intervene in medical exigences are poorly positioned by their audiences...

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The Ostomy Multiple

Toward a Theory of Rhetorical Enactments

Molly Margaret Kessler

293–319

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Recent research in rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) has called on scholars to find ways to more adequately attend to patients’ lived and...

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“Sticky Baby Dust” and Emoji

Social Support on Instagram during In Vitro Fertilization

Bethany Lynn Johnson, Margaret M. Quinlan, Nathan Pope

320–349

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Searching the Internet for health information is now routine; recommending and receiving medical expertise on social media platforms such as...

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What a Difference a Body Makes

Addiction Studies and the Authority of Experience

Karen Kopelson

350–370

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Grisel, Judith. (2019). Never enough: The neuroscience and experience of addiction. New York, NY: Doubleday. pp. 256. Hardcover $26.95.

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Review of Kelly Pender's "Being at Genetic Risk: Toward a Rhetoric of Care"

Jillian K. Zwilling
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Being at Genetic Risk: Toward a Rhetoric of Care. Kelly Pender. University Park, PA, The Pennsylvania State Press, 2018. 174 pages,...

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